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Glenn Booth
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Husband/dad, rock climber, volunteer. Director: pricing and strategic analysis. Opinions are my own.
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GOLDMAN hikes its odds of US recession to 35% — from a prior 20%.

The move reflects “the sharp recent deterioration in household and business confidence, and statements from White House officials indicating greater willingness to tolerate near-term economic weakness in pursuit of their policies.”
March 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#FED #GDP co traction revised to -1.8% decline
#Trumpcession
March 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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What will it mean for the economy if hundreds of thousands of federal-government jobs go away?
What Do Mass Federal Layoffs Mean for the Labor Market?
The economic impact of federal cutbacks will depend on how many jobs are actually cut and the spillover to contractors and spending.
www.wsj.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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President Trump deployed thousands of active-duty soldiers to the border. What are they all doing? “A whole lot of nothing,” one South Texas National Guard soldier said.
Thousands of Troops Guard Quiet Texas Border Towns
Soldiers often face “a whole lot of nothing” as crossings continue to go down.
www.wsj.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Year-ahead inflation expectations jumped up from 3.3% in Jan to 4.3% this month, the highest reading since November 2023 and marking two consecutive months of unusually large increases. This is the largest month-over-month increase seen since May 2021.

www.sca.isr.umich.edu
Surveys of Consumers
www.sca.isr.umich.edu
February 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Coding quirks and old technology undermine Elon Musk's claim that millions of Americans over 100 are getting checks, experts say.

Here’s what you need to know.
Elon Musk’s claims of Social Security fraud don’t hold up. Here’s why.
Coding quirks and old technology undermine his claim that millions of Americans older than 100 are getting checks, experts say.
wapo.st
February 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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DEUTSCHE: “.. Inauguration day was exactly a month ago .. no signs yet that fiscal outlays have fallen in the first few weeks of the administration.”
February 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Probability of rate cut is up as per FRB of ATL #FED
December 11, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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NASA's Europa Clipper is 13 million miles (20 million km) from Earth, traveling fast! And NASA said on Monday that deployment of Clipper’s instruments is underway! #EuropaClipper

Read more at #EarthSky: https://earthsky.org/space/europa-clipper-jupiters-icy-ocean-moon/

📸 NASA/ JPL-Caltech.
December 1, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Titan, the large moon of Saturn, is the only moon in the solar system with a significant atmosphere. Denser than Earth’s by about 1.5 times and composed of mostly nitrogen with methane and hydrogen.

Move behind Titan and the Sun and that atmosphere lights up light a brilliant circle of color!
November 29, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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WAPO: ".. Schoch has generated a rich excuse to consider the humanity of a composer whose scores were so much more than clever rhymes and idiosyncratic melodies .."

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...
Review | A whole new way of looking at Stephen Sondheim’s influence
Richard Schoch’s “How Sondheim Can Change Your Life” considers the humanist side of the beloved composer.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:15 PM