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Letter from Washington

by Pete Davis | Mar 4, 2019 | Political Insider, zLead Article

“U.S., China Close In on Trade Deal.” Sunday afternoon’s Wall Street Journal article led with: China and the U.S. are in the final stage of completing a trade deal, with Beijing offering to lower tariffs and other restrictions on American farm,...

Blain’s Morning Porridge

by Bill Blain | Feb 18, 2019 | The Macro View, zLead Article

“Once I built a tower, now its done, Brother, can you spare a dime?” In the headlines this morning Another fascinating weekend… It’s a holiday in the US, and much of UK is off for mid-term. I’m still trying to digest the importance of last week’s news about Amazon...

Letter from Washington

by Pete Davis | Feb 1, 2019 | Politics daily

“Five Things to Watch in the January Jobs Report.” This morning’s Wall Street Journal article led with: The U.S. government releases its broad measure of the January labor market [at 8:30 AM EST] on Friday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street...

Labour should practise what it preaches on housing

by Harry Phibbs | Jan 24, 2019 | Political Insider

Power in local government is particularly important to a political party that is in opposition nationally. For a start there is the impact on morale of council election results. Politicians can dismiss (or pretend to dismiss) opinion polls. Real elections cannot be so...

Letter from Washington

by Pete Davis | Jan 18, 2019 | Political Insider

“Trump team weighs surprise tariff cut in hopes of securing China trade deal.” Last night’s Washington Post article led with: The Trump administration is considering eliminating tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese imports to spur progress...