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Neil Irwin @ NYTimes "Upshot"

artappraiser — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 21:27:25 +0000

Neil Irwin @ NYTimes "Upshot" dittoes what Cassidy said:

The Economy Faces Big Risks in 2019. Markets Are Only Now Facing Up to Them.

One question people might be asking is, what took so long?
The latest jobs numbers and a rock-bottom unemployment rate are just the latest piece of economic data to come in relatively strong.
But the economic risks driving recent market swings are not anything new.
5h ago

Meanwhile: Trade conflicts

artappraiser — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:22:20 +0000

In reply to Trump the “Tariff Man” Is

Meanwhile: Trade conflicts have cost Nebraska economy more than $1 billion, state's Farm Bureau says

By Joseph Morton @ Omaha World Herald, Dec. 4

If you look only at the

artappraiser — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:54:36 +0000

In reply to Tariffs aren't Donald Trump's only weapon in the trade war

If you look only at the corruption & immorality, you miss this:

Trump’s policy problems are almost entirely of his creation— trade, health care, the stock market, our deficit.

Contrast with Obama inheriting massive recession, 2 wars, a large deficit & sky high uninsured rate.
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) December 6, 2018

Trump the “Tariff Man” Is

artappraiser — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:19:49 +0000

In reply to Tariffs aren't Donald Trump's only weapon in the trade war

Trump the “Tariff Man” Is Stuck Between China and Wall Street

As the long party on Wall Street comes to an end, investors are getting very nervous and are taking what Trump says more seriously.

By John Cassidy @ NewYorker.com, Dec. 6