Brad Bare

Consumer price inflation for February was on script. Overall CPI inflation was 6% year-over-year, and core inflation was 5.5%. Inflation is painfully high, but steadily receding. It is on track to be closer to 3% by year’s end, and the Fed’s inflation target by next summer.

I’m being asked why this banking crisis is different than the 2008-2009 global crisis. What follows are four reasons to think this time is different.

Non-farm payrolls added a cracking 517,000 jobs in January, well above market expectations of +190k. This is a breathtaking number. That spike in stories about layoffs? It was about a small unrepresentative slice of the economy. Real America is still getting back to work.

By the soft glow of the Christmas tree, your friends and family gather. Your boyfriend, we'll call him Jeremy, of FIVE (not long at all) YEARS - gets down on one knee...... Your mom begins recording on her iPad as your aunt starts screaming.

Ok, I’ve had it. I remained silent about Kyrsten Sinema for 10 years, but it’s time to break the silence. I always had a distaste for candidates who criticize their opponents after they lose an election. It comes off as sour grapes even if it’s well-founded. But…(1/10)