Initial claims remain somnolent, while continuing claims pop slightly
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by NewDealdemocrat
4h ago
 – by New Deal democrat The divergence in the trends between initial and continuing claims continued this week, as the former continued their somnolent good news, while the latter had a slightly disconcerting pop. Initial claims declined -2,000 to 210,000, and the four week average declined -750 to 211,000. On the other hand, with the […] The post Initial claims remain somnolent, while continuing claims pop slightly appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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You can’t fool Mother Nature
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by Joel Eissenberg
17h ago
Back when we lived in Chapel Hill NC, we made a few trips to the Outer Banks where my wife had an uncle who built fishing boats in Buxton NC. Back then, nobody was talking about sea levels rising because of global warming and yet it was obvious back then (early 1980s) that these sandy […] The post You can’t fool Mother Nature appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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Grades and learning
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by Bill Haskell
20h ago
by David Zetland The one-handed economist Schools tend to go to one extreme or another when it comes to grades: they are either confidential or posted openly. The reasons for confidential tend to involve self esteem, privacy, peer pressure and bullying. The idea is that students will be mean to each other if they know […] The post Grades and learning appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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Correcting 11 Washington Post’s Charts That Are Supposed to Tell How the Economy Changed Since Covid
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by Angry Bear
20h ago
by Dean Baker CEPR Not much of a surprise here the 11 Washington Post’s Charts need some explaining to correct the misinterpretation of them by WaPo. The issue here is the amount of bad or false information floating around in the news media today. People tend to believe what they initially read and go no […] The post Correcting 11 Washington Post’s Charts That Are Supposed to Tell How the Economy Changed Since Covid appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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NBC fires Ronna McDaniel, former RNC chair.
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by Bill Haskell
1d ago
Gee, whata surprise. Did this even make sense in the beginning? NBC empties the trash can before it starts to smell. Robert Reich: Ronna McDaniel’s tenure at NBC lasted four days. It ended last night, after network anchors and reporters blasted NBC’s decision to hire her last Friday. They argued that hiring her gave a […] The post NBC fires Ronna McDaniel, former RNC chair. appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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Alternate Ports for Shipments
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by Angry Bear
2d ago
Suddenly everyone is an expert on Shipping and Supply Chain. Considering we had issues in Long Beach and Los Angeles, management did not resolve the issue, I understand they are unionized. You pay them and solve the issues. Instead, Biden has to step-in and schedules overtime. You get the product to the customer. Los Angeles […] The post Alternate Ports for Shipments appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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Is this true?
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by Joel Eissenberg
2d ago
Whenever Elon Musk says a thing, I reflexively mistrust it. So when I saw a video clip of Musk making this assertion, I wanted to think I learned something about auto industry, but then I considered the source: “Large incumbent carmakers sell their cars at low to zero true margin. Most of their profit is […] The post Is this true? appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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Repeat home sales price declined slightly in January; expect deceleration in the CPI measures of shelter to continue
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by NewDealdemocrat
2d ago
 – by New Deal democrat As I noted again yesterday, house prices lag home sales, which in turn lag mortgage rates. Yesterday we got the final February reading on sales. This morning we got the final January read on prices, for repeat sales of existing homes. Last week’s report on existing home sales showed a […] The post Repeat home sales price declined slightly in January; expect deceleration in the CPI measures of shelter to continue appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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No, Medicare is not running out of money
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by Bill Haskell
3d ago
There are issues with Medicare which are easily fixed. Maggie Mahar was writing on healthcare at Angry Bear. I did the editing. I picked up on the issues with her on healthcare and have portrayed writers such as Merrill, Kip Sullivan, Charles Gaba, Steve Early, Susan Gordon, Andrew Sprung, etc. There are issues with healthcare […] The post No, Medicare is not running out of money appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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2024 Election Life and Death Game Theory: Post- Conventions
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by Ken Houghton
3d ago
This is the easiest one. No possibility of changes. It’s Biden/Harris v. Trump/Sycophant. For Biden, the alternative is clear: the race would be between Kamala Harris and DJT. The post 2024 Election Life and Death Game Theory: Post- Conventions appeared first on Angry Bear ..read more
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