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Are corporate profits stalling in Q3?

…week from Thursday the first estimate of Q3 GDP will be reported. While it won’t include corporate profits, it will include a reasonable proxy in the form of proprietors’ income,…

Unions, Labor, and Work Stoppages

…initiated by management) are rare relative to strikes, so it is reasonable to think of the major work stoppage data as a proxy for data on major strikes. Data are…