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Can Kroger survive an Aldi onslaught?
US retailer Kroger (NYSE:KR) has approximately 2,700 stores in the US. The cheapest retailer of groceries in the US is probably Aldi, which now has 2,560 stores. With gas (petrol) and diesel prices high…
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Allies moving gold FROM the US!
“US allies”, including The Netherlands, France and Germany, have been moving their gold from the US. We think it more than just housekeeping. Weird Trump commentary, and inaction by Republicans in Congress, must be…
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Renaming Lake Ontario doesn’t solve a problem.
The US has many economic problems caused by Trump, Republican enablers and markets. We posit the most significant problem outstanding is the US government bond market. Renaming Lake Ontario and insulting Canada isn’t going…
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No chance of new “Plaza Accord”
You don’t need to watch much cable news to realise that a new “Plaza Accord” would be impossible to negotiate now, or in the next 10 years.
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Gordie Howe Bridge: a symbol of US disfunction.
The politics of the Gordie Howe International Bridge is an example of capricious intervention by rent-seekers into contract law, property rights and international law and trade. How does this happen? United States Republicans control…