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• What Does Research Say About How To Effectively Communicate About Science?
  on Dec 20, 2016
  from The Conversation -- this post authored by Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University and Dietram A. Scheufele, University of Wisconsin-MadisonTruth seems to be an increasingly flexible concept in politics. At least that's the impression the Oxford...
• Does Immigration Affect Local Labor Markets?
  on Dec 20, 2016
  from the St Louis Fed -- this post authored by Guillaume VandenbrouckeDo waves of immigrants affect local labor markets? If so, how? This debate is often heated and needlessly confusing. It pays to look at data. Read more ...
• Tomorrow's Lenders? Online Nonbank Lenders Have Experienced Tremendous Growth.
  on Dec 19, 2016
  from the Richmond Fed -- this post authored byTim SablikTrue to its name, Prosper reported a good year in 2015. It originated $3.7 billion in consumer loans, more than half its total since it began operations in 2006. Prosper isn't a bank, though. I...
• Cybersecurity's Next Phase: Cyber-Deterrence
  on Dec 18, 2016
  from The Conversation -- this post authored by Dorothy Denning, Naval Postgraduate SchoolCyberattackers pose many threats to a wide range of targets. Russia, for example, was accused of hacking Democratic Party computers throughout the year, interfer...
• 09 December 2016: ECRI's WLI Growth Index Improvement Continues
  on Dec 16, 2016
  ECRI's WLI Growth Index which forecasts economic growth six months forward remains in positive territory for the 38th week - after spending the previous 35 consecutive weeks in negative territory. This is compared to RecessionAlerts similar weekly le...
• 13Dec2016 Market Update: DOW Almost There, New High Water Marks Made Again Today, Crude Prices Climb, US Dollar Steady, Gold Remains Weak
  on Dec 13, 2016
  Written by Gary U.S. stocks reached all-time highs today (SPY +0.8%), with the Dow Jones industrial average less than 70 points away from the 20,000 mark, as a record-setting post-election rally showed no signs of fatigue. Short-term indicators sho...
• Down The Drain: Wastewater With The Most Cocaine
  on Dec 8, 2016
  by Felix Richter, Statista.com -- this post authored by Martin ArmstrongThe European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction release data every year showing the levels of certain illicit drugs found in the wastewater of select European cities.
• Crude Oil Prices: "Random"? Hardly. The More Emotional The Market, The More Predictable It Is.
  on Dec 8, 2016
  from Elliott Wave International Last week's shocking spike in crude oil prices is +12% and counting, the biggest one-week gain in five years. Media stories blame one culprit: the November 30 OPEC agreement to cut production. Read more ...
• Early Headlines: Trump Campaigning Still, WaPo Finds Voter Fraud Favored Trump, No Carolina GOP Shotguns For Voter Fraud, New Age Of Blacklisting, All Eyes On Italy, Big Bucks In India And More
  on Dec 3, 2016
  Written by Econintersect Early Bird Headlines 03 December 2016Econintersect: Here are some of the headlines we found to help you start your day. For more headlines see our afternoon feature for GEI members, What We Read Today, which has many more he...
• Major League Soccer's Best-Paid Players
  on Dec 2, 2016
  by Felix Richter, Statista.com -- this post authored by Niall McCarthyThe Portland Timbers won the MLS Cup at the end of the season but who were the biggest winners off the pitch? Read more ...
• Rail Week Ending 27 August 2016: All Rolling Averages Worsen And Remain In Contraction
  on Sep 2, 2016
  Week 34 of 2016 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) contracted according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data. This week, all rolling averages' contraction worsened. Read more ...
• 30Aug2016 Market Close: Wall Street Closed Lower Along With Texas Tea In The Mid 46 Handle, US Dollar Continues To Climb Higher, Indicators Neutral With A Bearish Slant
  on Aug 30, 2016
  Written by Gary US major indexes closed down fractionally (SPY -0.2%) after rising from session lows. Apple dragged down U.S. stocks, but a gain in financial stocks limited the impact. Crude prices fell a full point while the US dollar continued to...
• Income Persists More Than Wealth Between Generations
  on Aug 29, 2016
  from the St Louis Fed Research has shown evidence of persistence in both income and wealth across generations. But which one persists more? How likely are people to do better than their parents? A recent article inThe Regional Economist ex...
• Nearly 1.9 Million Homes In The United States Would Be Flooded If The Seas Rose Six Feet.
  on Aug 27, 2016
  from Zillow Despite record-warm years and some crops already reacting to unusual shifts in the weather, climate change for many people remains an issue for the future. That future came a little closer this year, when scientists studying Antarctic ic...
• St. Louis Fed Index Forecasts Bounce Back In Real GDP Growth
  on Aug 25, 2016
  from the St Louis Fed -- this post authored by Kevin KliesenReal GDP rose at a 1.2 percent annual rate in the second quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis advance estimate. This estimate was well below the 2.6 percent rate predicted...
• 02Aug2016 Pre-Market Commentary: US Futures Down Fractionally, WTI Crude Prices In Mid 40 Handle, Gold Edging Up And The US Dollar Sinking Lower
  on Aug 2, 2016
  Written by Gary US stock future indexes point to a lower opening (SPY -0.2%) as investors looked ahead to a fresh batch of corporate earnings reports, U.S. economic data, weighing European banks, Japan stimulus and ahead of data from the Fed. Oil p...
• July 2016 Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Back In Contraction
  on Jul 28, 2016
  Of the five regional manufacturing surveys released for July, three are in expansion with two in contraction. Read more ...
• From Neptune's Blue Hue To Jupiter's Red Spot: Are The Colours Of The Planets Real?
  on Jul 25, 2016
  from The Conversation -- this post authored by David Rothery, The Open UniversityThese days, we're used to seeing pictures of planets sent back by spacecraft. Some pictures look colourful, others less so. But do they show what each planet really loo...
• 25Jul2016 Pre-Market Commentary: US Futures Point To A Flat Opening, WTI Crude Prices Falling Sharply, US Dollar At High Levels, But Steady, Investors On Edge Prior To Fed Meeting
  on Jul 25, 2016
  Written by Gary US stock index futures pointed to a flat open (SPY -0.02%), as investors eyed a fresh batch of corporate earnings reports, as well as the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan's policy meetings scheduled later in the week. Oil prices ar...
• Regulations, Labor Costs And The Recovery
  on Jul 23, 2016
  from the St Louis Fed Some claim that recent labor market regulations are to blame for a slow labor market recovery from the Great Recession. However, comparing this recovery to the one following the 2001 recession casts doubt on that claim, accord...