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Switzerland has overwhelmingly rejected a national referendum on a universal basic income. If it had passed, disaster would have loomed for Switzerland’s economy.
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It now appears that the U.S. Senate’s unanimous vote on a bill that would have exposed the Saudi Arabian government to American lawsuits over alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks was a sham.
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If you are among those who want the Federal Reserve to never raise interest rates again, you might not be pleased about the Minutes of the April 26 to 27 FOMC meeting. This does not of course mean...
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released its April inflation reading at the consumer level. Tuesday’s report was the Consumer Price Index (CPI), came in at 0.4% on the headline report. Reuters...
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It is no secret that the Federal Reserve has had its hands tied on its desire to raise interest rates. Now data has come out that was marginally positive on the wholesale inflation front.
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Thursday's economic reports might have included a very disappointing weekly jobless claims report, but we have now also seen a mixed report on import and export price trends in the month of April.
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Wasn't 2016 supposed to be the year that U.S. interest rates finally began to rise? Now many of the top investment banks have taken down their interest rate forecasts.
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There has been a saying for years that productivity competes with unemployment — and productivity is down.
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Inflation remains well short of the Federal Reserve's 2% target, and combined with a first-quarter total compensation increase of 1.9% indicates that U.S. workers are earning enough to cover higher...
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Following an unexpectedly negative Producer Price Index for March, the Consumer Price Index also showed that consumer inflation was weaker than expected for the month.
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Perhaps the increase in China's exports sounds good for the global growth story, but there is more direct observation in U.S. economic data showing why Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve are being...
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This week the economic calendar will bring two readings on the inflation/deflation front: producer prices and consumer prices. Both reports measure prices paid and are released by the U.S. Department...
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It seems that almost every other day now we are getting word of new opinions by various Federal Reserve officials regarding how many rate hikes there should be for 2016.
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In January and February the recession risks for the United States were picking up. Now it looks as though the biggest risks for the U.S. falling back into recession in 2016 have all but vanished.
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Here is where the Fed will have enough ammunition to talk rates higher: the annualized core CPI, sans food and energy, was up 2.3% in February from a year ago. That is versus a 2.2% gain in January.
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