The difference between trends in Cold Rolled Steel and Steel Scrap prices caught our eye. At first, we thought that it would be a consequence of US tariffs. This may be the cause; or, it...
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The difference between trends in Cold Rolled Steel and Steel Scrap prices caught our eye. At first, we thought that it would be a consequence of US tariffs. This may be the cause; or, it...
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There is a worthwhile article by George Will in the April 17 Washington Post. In it, he discusses the federal government's use of tax credits to influence the marketplace (consumers)...
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There is a reason ITR Economics uses rate-of-change to identify four distinct phases to the business cycle: Each phase requires a particular perspective in conjunction with a view to the...
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There is a definite RISC to this thinking. There are economists that maintain that the US need not worry about the growing size of our national debt. Some of those economists argue that...
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There are three reasons to see a silver lining in the cyclical slowdown of 2019: Interest rates in general will likely level off/decline The cost of carrying the national debt will abate...
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2019 Oil Prices and the Impact of Saudi Arabia and Russia US Crude oil, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), cascaded $20 in November and into December. This morning, Dec. 18, the WTI price was...
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