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CPI Continues to Fall as Trump Economy Delivers Wage Gains
21+ hour, 5+ min ago (167+ words) The February Consumer Price Index provides another piece of evidence that the Trump economic program is working. Inflation is not accelerating as critics predicted. Instead, it is stabilizing at levels far below the surge Americans endured earlier in the decade....
Donald Trump's Economy: Not What He Wants, or Claims
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (18+ words) Donald Trump's Economy: Not What He Wants, or Claims'RealClearMarkets Donald Trump's Economy: Not What He Wants, or Claims...
Trump's Gaslighting About the Economy Isn't Going So Well
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (18+ words) Trump's Gaslighting About the Economy Isn't Going So Well'RealClearMarkets Trump's Gaslighting About the Economy Isn't Going So Well...
The Optimistic Time Adam Smith's Been Waiting For
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (101+ words) For many Americans, the present economic circumstances feel uneasy, and the future feels worse. They direct their anxiety at other countries, which are supposedly taking advantage of us through trade, or at artificial intelligence, with its potential to upend jobs…...
Warsh Says Fed Is Not a Repair Shop. He Must Draw the Line
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (26+ words) Warsh Says Fed Is Not a Repair Shop. He Must Draw the Line'RealClearMarkets Warsh Says Fed Is Not a Repair Shop. He Must Draw the Line...
If a Debt Crisis Loomed, There Would Be No Federal Borrowing
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (146+ words) Conservatives talk rhapsodically about markets, while sometimes ignoring the market signals that reject their occasional alarmism. Which is why Montgomery College economics professor David Youngberg shouldn't be singled out for predicting a debt crisis. Most conservatives do. In Youngberg's case,…...
AI Won't Solve U.S. Debt Crisis
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (14+ words) AI Won't Solve U.S. Debt Crisis'RealClearMarkets AI Won't Solve U.S. Debt Crisis...
Working Path to the American Dream
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (12+ words) Working Path to the American Dream'RealClearMarkets Working Path to the American Dream...
Before the Next Crackup, Policymakers Should Focus On What Investors Own
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (533+ words) Ownership" without title in modern securities markets In today"s securities markets, most investors do not hold legal title to the assets reflected on their brokerage statements. Instead, they hold a contractual claim'what the law calls a'security entitlement'against their broker....
The Fed Isn't Independent, It Never Was, and It Doesn't Matter
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (22+ words) The Fed Isn't Independent, It Never Was, and It Doesn't Matter'RealClearMarkets The Fed Isn't Independent, It Never Was, and It Doesn't Matter...