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It's very difficult to replace a strong leader. Even when they do, it's almost never sequentially. Maybe the next guy will be better.

Yield curves are a leading indicator.

Unemployment is a lagging indicator.

Our Sienna has adaptive cruise. It's okay, but one time I accelerated past a car going slow in the fast lane and was trying to cut him off before I got to the semi ahead and when I went to change lanes, I took my foot off the gas for a second and the **** thing tried to slam on the brakes. I...

I'll get one of these shirts printed up and you can drive by and see if Tesla's smarter than Waymo.

This goes right back to the city/country divide. Uber is well and good for the city and dense suburbs, but not so much for people who live further out of town.

There's a point where government supports like you mention cross a line and turn into the government suppressing the open market. Not that we're not headed there with EPA regulations, but not just there yet.

Neither side is holding press conferences taking credit and daring the other to retaliate.

You're lucky. I also have a clean record and mine went up a lot more than that.

Like food and energy?

Wait, I never got my head stuck in a washer and I don't have a stepbrother.

What does Krugman think? He's usually pretty smart with future trends.

Every time another oil order gets canceled because prices are too high, someone will post it in the election thread in Town Hall. Last week's: https://www.canesinsight.com/threads/2024-election.184268/post-7120515 Edit: Short answer: No.

PIIGS have come a long way in 15 years.

Just trying to keep things from veering.

Please feel free to discuss politics in Town Hall. Political posts here will be deleted.

It doesn't. Quantitative easing is increasing in the money supply. It effectively monetizes the public debt and allows reckless spending to continue. It's like the old joke about the blonde that orders a pizza and is asked if she wants it cut into 6 or 8 slices and she says 6 because she can't...

You're also not going to get rate cuts. How long will the growth economy continue when that spending is accumulating debt?

Also in February, the annual increase in wages edged up by five cents, to $34.57, after increasing by 18 cents in January. Part time jobs are not the same as full time jobs. Powell wants inflation closer to 2%, not increasing...