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A lab experiment which used mechanical mannequins to test the efficacy of face masks in reducing the spread of large droplets when coughing and speaking has found that they can block 99.9 percent of drops when worn properly. The findings were published in the journal Royal Society Open Science   Mask Wearing Is 99.9 Percent Effective At Retaining Large Droplets When Worn Properly, Study Finds

Comments made last week by the former Clinton, Obama and now Biden economist Lawrence Summers contesting whether it was sensible for the US government to provide a $US2,000 once-off, means-tested payments was met with widespread derision and ridicule from progressive commentators. There were Tweets about eviction rates, bankruptcy rates, poverty rates, and more asserting that the widespread social problems in the US clearly meant that Summers was wrong and a monster parading as a progressive...

Think in terms of policy cycles rather than looking or focusing on price. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/mmt-trader/?s2-ssl=yes/ Download my podcasts! New one every week. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1105286 Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman

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 If Europe and the U.S. are to compete effectively with China and Huawei, they need Nokia to start getting 5G right.It's a shame, Nokia betted on a superior chip, which would have been better for consumers and engineers, but it was more expensive, so Nokia lost out, but it still has a chance.Finland's Champion Nokia Is Letting the Side Down on Huawei and 5G

Pop up Cash Management Bills offerings they keep announcing almost every day.... they have over 1.5T in TGA yet they still think they have to so-called  “manage cash!” ??? They could send out all of those $2k checks for $500b and STILL have $1T in TGA...    they have never really explained why they are continuing to do this imo... 

Oh ... I guess now you guys will say “well the US banks didn’t want to save the foreign money anymore!”...Yeah right...

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Trump finally signed the Covid relief bill. The fiscal boost to the markets is about to get a lot bigger. Here's what you need to know. Trade and invest using the concepts of MMT. Get a 30-day free trial to MMT Trader. https://www.pitbulleconomics.com/mmt-trader/?s2-ssl=yes/ Download my podcasts! New one every week. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1105286 Mike Norman Twitter https://twitter.com/mikenorman