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Some Background On China Trade Talks

Posted on May 7, 2019 by macromon

Some perspective from a prior post on President Trump’s predisposition toward free trade. We hope for a good trade deal and China caves on everything.  We also hope for the end of poverty, world peace, and everyone to self actualize … Continue reading →

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BFTP: Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned On China Deal

Posted on May 6, 2019 by macromon

BFTP = Blast From The Past CHINA SAID TO TELL U.S. SIDE WON'T CHANGE CHINESE LAW FOR DEAL — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 6, 2019 China’s Pushback In Trade Talks Over Sovereignty Posted on February 12, 2019 Bingo! Note our comment from … Continue reading →

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Baseball Giants Are Born This Day

Posted on May 1, 2019 by macromon

Today In 1883: The New York Gothams play their 1st game in franchise history (nice uniforms!) They were renamed the more familiar New York Giants in 1885, and became the San Francisco Giants in 1958. #MLB #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/AxCniXldym — Baseball … Continue reading →

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No Labor Infrastructure For $2 Trillion Infrastructure Spend

Posted on April 30, 2019 by macromon

Democratic congressional leaders announced Tuesday after a meeting with President Donald Trump that an agreement had been reached on the price tag for a potential infrastructure plan: $2 trillion.  — CNN We are reposting and a piece we wrote a … Continue reading →

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Q1 2019 GDP = “Stranger Things”

Posted on April 28, 2019 by macromon

It is always prudent to look under the hood after a big unexpected beat or miss on a major headline economic number. Never so relevant than Friday’s GDP report, which blew out expectations, and appears right out of Stranger Things.  … Continue reading →

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White House Correspondents Dinner

Posted on April 27, 2019 by macromon

This is good!  Historian Ron Chernow delivers keynote at tonight’s annual White House Correspondents Dinner, which was boycotted by the Trump Administration.  

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More Brexit Polling

Posted on April 27, 2019 by macromon

More than half the public – 55% – now think it would have been better never to have held the EU referendum given the difficulties of reaching an agreement on Brexit, according to the latest Opinium/Observer poll. …If a second referendum … Continue reading →

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World’s Fastest Growing Economies

Posted on April 27, 2019 by macromon

We have updated the GDP growth rates for the 2019 and the 2020 forecasts and ranked the world’s fastest growing economies in the ginormous table below.  The data are from the April 2019 IMF’s World Economic Outlook.  

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Trump Losing Fox News – Summer of Discontent Cometh

Posted on April 25, 2019 by macromon

Caveat emptor.  The complacency in markets is absolutely stunning as the U.S. slowly drifts into, what could be, the biggest Constitutional Crisis in the nation’s history. Trump lost the top legal analyst at Fox News today.  This is a major … Continue reading →

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Non-alcoholic Beers Ready To Roll?

Posted on April 24, 2019 by macromon

Gotta find a good company or some crafties to bet on.  A good draft frosty without the batteries will satisfy a yuuge overlooked market. The FT’s Leila Abboud and Al Gilmour put alcohol-free and low-alcohol beers to the test, tasting … Continue reading →

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