Information on China’s economic health is increasingly hard to find. Although Beijing is always opaque about anything that could potentially indicate instability or weakness, this behavior is reaching a point…
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Will the Federal Reserve undershoot its inflation target this year? The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI) grew at an annualized rate of 1.2 percent in April 2025, marking the…
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Will the Federal Reserve undershoot its inflation target this year? The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI) grew at an annualized rate of 1.2 percent in April 2025, marking the…
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Manufacturing output in America is booming. According to the Federal Reserve’s Industrial Production Index, US factory output stood at 103.9 in April 2025, near its all-time high. The machines are…
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It’s really not a simple task to figure out if college is “worth it” — financially speaking or even personally. Some obvious empirical problems in calculating the returns on a…
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It’s really not a simple task to figure out if college is “worth it” — financially speaking or even personally. Some obvious empirical problems in calculating the returns on a…
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Manufacturing output in America is booming. According to the Federal Reserve’s Industrial Production Index, US factory output stood at 103.9 in April 2025, near its all-time high. The machines are…
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Every year, since 1992, the UN General Assembly votes on a resolution brought forth by Cuba’s government regarding the need to end the US embargo. Each time the resolution is…
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Republicans in Congress are moving along with their “big, beautiful bill” to extend tax cuts, create some new tax provisions, and reduce the rate of growth in some spending programs.…
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Over the years, I — like all defenders of free trade — have had countless conversations with protectionists who are tenacious in searching for weaknesses in the case for free…