The consensus is that asset inflation is unstoppable and forever. History begs to differ.Not unsurprisingly, people want a binary option: do we get deflation or inflation? Unfortunately, reality is messy.Broadly speaking, globalization is deflationary as capital seeks the lowest...
The preliminary January results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers show overall consumer sentiment fell in early January and remains well below pre-lockdown levels. Policy expectations and recent Covid developments were key themes driving the weaker results. Overall...
Jeremy Blackburn, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Robert W. Gehl, Louisiana Tech University, and Ugochukwu Etudo, University of Connecticut In the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s personal...
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In 2009, Kevin Greeson traveled from Alabama to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama, at the...
Federal authorities are heavily vetting the tens of thousands of National Guard troops that are heading to Washington, D.C. from around the nation to help secure President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, additional screening reportedly prompted by fears of a...
Erin Swenlin discusses DecisionPoint's technical indicators for the SP500, which suggest that in the short-term it is vulnerable to a swift pullback, but longer term, the balance of technical evidence is on the bull's side. She also discusses DecisionPoint's...