Economy
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September 29th, 2022
Inflation is going to pack a one-two punch for voters and consumers ahead of the midterm elections. The first is inflation itself, …
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September 27th, 2022
What?“We have to move away from the low-cost model of food production,” one member of the Dutch Parliament explained.
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September 21st, 2022
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 21, 2022 The Federal Open Market Committee raised its target fed-funds rate another 75 basis points to between 3% and 3.25%. That’s the third 75-point hike in a row. More significant is the forward guidance in its median economic projections that rates could rise another 125 basis points this year and higher...
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September 19th, 2022
By: By Andrew T. Levin and Mickey D. Levy – wsj.com – September 19, 2022 Over the past year, the Fed has approached interest-rate adjustments on a meeting-by-meeting basis, focusing on minor differences about what it might do next. Meanwhile, prices continue to rise. The economy now faces a serious risk of persistent high inflation. To avert such disaster, the...
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September 19th, 2022
By: Charles C. W. Cooke – nationalreview.com – September 13, 2022 On the cardinal matter of inflation, Joe Biden is lost, and does not want to be found; he is blind, but does not want to see. Asked on last night’s 60 Minuteswhat he had to offer in response to the news that “last Tuesday, the annual inflation rate came...
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September 15th, 2022
By: Jim Geraghty – nationalreview.com – September 14, 2022 I had my doubts that having Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in the office back in October 2021 would have made much of a difference in the supply-chain crisis that bedeviled the country in the fall and winter. I contended that the more uncomfortable fact for the administration was that Buttigieg...
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August 29th, 2022
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warned that he expects the central bank to continue raising rates in a way that will cause “some pain” to the economy.
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August 15th, 2022
Too many media pundits have moved the goal posts in judging how the Biden administration is performing on the economy.
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August 12th, 2022
You may recall the 1973-74 Arab oil embargo, and not favorably.
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August 5th, 2022
Democratic U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said on Thursday she agreed to “move forward” on a $430 billion drug pricing, energy and tax bill.
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