Recreational cannabis use has by now been legalized in 18 U.S. states (plus D.C.), further cultivating the drug into the mainstream. As new figures from Gallup show, the share of adults who say they have tried marijuana at some point is now at 49 perce…
According to an analysis from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the minimum wage does not suffice to pay for a typical set of living expenses in any state of the United States. Virginia, Hawaii and Georgia, where the living wage gap exceeded $…
The ES futures (S&P500) broke support at 2 AM NY time. As of 6 AM they in the midst of at least a back kiss of the breakdown level of 4373. How things evolve from here over the next few hours will tell us whether a short term low is in place.
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Monetary policy can be implemented through outright purchases or sales of securities, which permanently changes the size of the Federal Reserve’s System Open Market Account (SOMA) portfolio.
This map explainer looks at Afghanistan from a structural point of view, delving into geography and population patterns.
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Take note of the horizontal, and in particular, the substantial amount of trading activity above.
Analysing a country’s military presence overseas is a good way to gauge its global influence. How do the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council measure up when it comes to bases abroad? Charting the geographic spread of military power can prove…
Despite the fact that more than half of the U.S. population and more than 60 percent of U.S. adults have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the latest surge in COVID-19 infections has left its mark on businesses across the country. According to fo…
Retail and food services sales in the United States declined by 1.1 percent in July, dropping to $617.7 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis. That’s according to advance estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday. While it’s easy to cha…
We’ve been here before. Hard to say where this is going, although in view of the Four Laws of Markodynamics, I have to give the benefit of the doubt to the upside. Key numbers are …