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July 26, 2017

SHI 7/26/17: Food for Thought

  So I was thrilled to see a burgernomics update just a few days ago:  https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21725034-dollar-has-slipped-over-past-six-months-still-looks-dear-big-mac And The Economist magazine didn’t stop there!   The following week, they published […]
July 19, 2017

SHI Update 7/19/17: Lend Me Money!

  If I was a “student loan” lender, I would certainly consider ‘default rates’ when making a lending decision.  Wouldn’t you? Unfortunately, our federal government does […]
July 12, 2017

SHI Update 7/12/17: The Silent Giant

  The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) was formed in 1930.   They’ve been active for 87 years … and yet, you’ve probably never heard of […]
July 5, 2017

SHI Update 7/5/17: A Shrinking World

  The CDC just released their report entitled “Births:  Provisional Data for 2016.”   You may be wondering why an economics and finance guy is talking about […]