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Two-Week Price Inflation in Argentina hits 30%, US Products Lead the Way; Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Earnings

MishTalk

Forbes explains Venezuela, Argentina Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Expected Sales And Earnings. Retail investors aren’t the only ones suffering from the woes of the emerging markets: Procter & Gamble PG +2.06% is feeling the pain of foreign currencies, too. Two-liter bottles of water rose from $8.25 bolivares per one U.S.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

Bob Costello, chief economist for the American Trucking Associations, recently told an industry gathering that the third quarter economic slowdown was merely a blip on the radar, fueled by manufacturers and retailers burning off excess inventory from earlier in the year. So they’re not stuck with excess drivers and trucks.”

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business

For us, growth events mean simply concrete, directly observable achievements that foreshadow future success: for example, new customer contracts, initial export sales, new bank or equity financings, expanded production capacity, or expanded people platforms (e.g. The average participant in the first cohort has actually doubled its sales.

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Right on Cue: Fed's Dudley Delivers Dovish Speech

MishTalk

Examples of such indicators include retail sales, the ISM manufacturing index, manufacturing production and orders, and single-family housing starts. Another significant shock is the nearly 15 percent appreciation of the exchange value of the dollar since mid-2014. Now, with prices dramatically lower, U.S.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. Expect more on this in 2014. Will it happen in 2014? At long last, the Fed has finally started to taper. Here we are. It is a critical issue. S&P UP 29.6%