We are amazingly ignorant of what is going on economically in the United States. But for groceries, the nation had a good economy. The right president was in the right place to ensure Americans had what they needed during several years of a pandemic. He no leaves the nation and presidency with a sound economy. […]
A partial of a nice read on the US Federal Debt which will more than likely increase as this President and Congress will wish to make Trump’s 2017 tax break passed under reconciliation permanent. The issue being, it did not promote increased revenue which would have balanced out the deficit created. It (the issue) goes […]
“Specialty Generic Drugs: A Growing Profit Center for Vertically Integrated Pharmacy Benefit Managers,” Federal Trade Commission A brief post or commentary on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). For the Big 3 PBMs and their affiliated pharmacies during our study period from 2017 through part of 2022 specialty generic drugs represented a growing profit center. FTC analyses […]
Canada here we come California, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts to the United States of MAGA: “Canada here we come.” The Civil War is over; the South finally won (in their minds, it was never going to be over until they did). In the halftime, they corrupted a dozen […]
– by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. The big news this week was the continued surge in commodity prices, normally a sign of tight demand (but sometimes a shortage of supply, that does not seem to be the case now); and also higher interest rates showing up in corporate […]
An acquaintance or a friend who I have known for years on and off when our paths have crossed from time to time. Now at least I know why he stopped posting on his site. Thought maybe he moved on . . . wish it had been such. He tells a story of being cancer […]
This is not a recent issue. It is one that has been on the horizon and actually arrived a few years back. A greater impact is starting to be felt now. In 2023 the 181-year-old Iowa Wesleyan University closed due to lack of enrollment and the resulting shortage of funds. As the population decreases in […]
Markg asked a question which I had thought about in the past, had it answered by someone else, moved on to something different, and quickly forgot the answer probably because it suited me. So, I went a looking to see what I could find as it interests me again also. And yes, Ken is correct. […]
Residential housing construction gives *very* mixed signals in December; recessionary red flag continues – by New Deal democrat The most lading components of the long leading housing sector rose in this morning’s report for December, while the most important “hard” economic datapoint continued its decline into recession territory. First let’s compare the most leading datapoint, […]
Here in Southern New England, morning temps have mostly been in the 20s. We have a natural gas furnace and forced air keeping the house at 68°F. We had a heat pump in our house when I was growing up in East Tennessee. My dad, an MIT-trained engineer, was proud of the money he was […]