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Overturning ObamaCare Isn’t ‘Judicial Activism’ – Wall Street Journal

Since the Supreme Court’s historic three-day ObamaCare hearings in late March, the president and his supporters have tried to pressure the Justices into upholding that law, asserting that any other decision would overstep the court’s constitutional bounds. Inflation Policy News … Continue reading

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The Debt Ceiling Isn’t A Very Useful Measure – Wall Street Journal

Deena King’s March 23 letter “GOP Should Field Real Conservatives” makes me wonder: Why does the near-meaningless “debt ceiling” seem to carry so much weight with Main Street America? A far more meaningful “ceiling” would be a targeted cap on … Continue reading

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Are the Rich Driving Americans to Spend Too Much? – Wall Street Journal

“The runaway spending at the top has been a virus,” he wrote, “one that’s spawned a luxury fever that, to one degree or another, has all of us in its grip.” A new paper by two economists at the University … Continue reading

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Health care costs could outpace your income – msnbc.com

But some experts say the doom and gloom is overblown. J.D. Kleinke, who last month wrote a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed titled “The Myth of Runaway Spending,” points out that growth in health spending has been moving closer to the … Continue reading

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ObamaCare’s Great Awakening – Wall Street Journal

Bad call. The decision has roused the Catholic bishops from their health-care naivete, but they’ve been joined by people of all faiths and even no faith, as it becomes clear that their own deepest moral beliefs may be thrown over … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street Has Been Effective – Wall Street Journal

I take issue with L. Gordon Crovitz’s general conclusion in his column “Occupy AstroTurf” (Information Age, Jan. 30) that the Occupy Wall Street movement faded as soon as the Zuccotti Park tents were removed. I am no hardcore Occupy supporter … Continue reading

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Turkish Inflation Surges – Wall Street Journal

ISTANBUL—Surging food prices in Could lifted Turkey’s consumer-price index to its highest level because November, smashing economists expectations and raising pressure on the country’s policy makers to lift interest rates from their historic low. Consumer … Inflation Policy News Link

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China’s Cheap Vegetables Problem – Wall Street Journal

But the conundrum China’s leaders face with this newest round of inflation is somewhat bizarre: While the country’s consumer cost index is running at a near 3-year high, vegetables are so inexpensive that tons and tons of them are becoming … Continue reading

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China data signal further room to tighten policy – Marketwatch

Even so, if it had been solely up to the People’s Bank of China, it is most likely an anti-inflation policy would have been rolled out sooner and been a lot more aggressive, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, … Continue reading

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Forex – USD/JPY down toward the end of European session – Benzinga

Moneycontrol.com Forex – USD/JPY down toward the end of European sessionBenzingaBy Forexpros.com Forex Pros – The US Dollar was lower against the Japanese Yen on Friday after the release of US data on Retail Sales. USD/JPY was trading at 81.74, … Continue reading

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