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[unable to retrieve full-text content]I’ve seen some people post “Happy Veteran’s Day.” I’m not a veteran. Technically, my dad was, although he was a naval officer who did his service in the Canal Zone, nowhere close to combat. I never saw him happy on Veteran’s Day. I was never in the military, although I did carry a draft card […] The post Veteran’s Day appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]This week’s Covid coverage includes the most common variants … currently circulating – by r. j. Sigmund Briefly, since the CDC’s Covid demographic metrics continue to recede, albeit slowly. Among the “early indicators” “test positivity”, or the percentage of tests for Covid that were positive, fell to 4.8% during the week ending November 2nd, down […] The post Covid coverage includes the most common...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A comparison of US Fiscal Deficit prompted me to post this at Angry Bear. I believe it will be interesting to see how Trumps fiscal policies playout over the next four years. Check out The Guardian’s Economics Editor’s commentary on Trumps economic plans. The Issue: With continued high fiscal deficits likely for the foreseeable future, […] The post United States’ Fiscal Policy in a Global Context appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]It does not look like students holding loan debt and looking for relief will get any relief soon. Newly minted President Donald Trump is in the revenge mode. That would include help from Republicans. Like any new administration looking for revenge, this one will attack the weakest element. It does not mean that Student Loan […] The post Student Loan Updates 2024 appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Trump says global warming is a scam and a hoax. He promises to cut federal funding for green programs and to ramp up fracking and drilling. He can certainly do the former, but business controls drilling and fracking, and the price of oil is dictated by international supply and demand, not the whims of the […] The post Investing in the hoax market appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I do not have the complete 2024 election pattern yet. Once I do, I will repost this with complete numbers and display a pattern. One thing which is apparent. Large segments of registered voters do not vote in Presidential Elections even if eligible. Maybe it is time to have laws governing voting practices. United States […] The post Last Four Presidential Elections Has been Done by Less Than Two-Thirds of Eligible Voters appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Just some economic analysis about good economic growth in the month of November 2024. Something the public seemed to have missed along the way. 2023 and 2024 appears to have had good growth even with high Fed rates. See chart below. Commerce Data Show Strong Economic Gains Due to Americans Making and Spending More November […] The post Early Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Numerics for November 2024 appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]US Citizens awaken to their new world. Prof. Heather Cox Richardson at “Letters from an American” has a good take on what is taking place three days after the 2024 Election. She states people are beginning to realize what will take place once a Trump presidency and a mostly Republican Congress begins to implement the […] The post The Aftermath of the 2024 Election appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Posted on behalf of the author, RC Weakley: At this point hysteresis is all that is holding the US dollar as the global reserve currency. That has been the case since Nixon. What we have done since then has only dug us into a deeper hole when events finally happen that will throw the dirt […] The post The future of the US dollar appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] – by New Deal democrat This is not a formal post about Tuesday’s election. But with the benefit of “revealed preference” a/k/a 20/20 hindsight, it’s pretty clear that the Fed rate hikes were an important part of why Kamala Harris and the Democrats failed. Because we may or may not be experiencing a “soft landing” […] The post How the Fed helped Doom the Democrats appeared first on Angry Bear.