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Continued Mixed Economic News, Why You Should Care, More Signs of Hope
This morning’s news on Bloomberg, CNN, HLN, and other sources, budget-squeezed reader, continues the pattern I’ve long observed and commented on in this blog: reports and data on the national economy are at best mixed, some better and encouraging, some … Continue reading →
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