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Latest Shadowstats News

Investigating The GDP Deflator
Both Doug and I consider Shadowstats absurd, but we include it because many follow the number. For a recent critique of the measure please see Deconstructing and Debunking Shadowstats. GDP Implicit Deflator (Official GDP). Real GDP. GDP with PCE as ...
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Gold near all-time inflation-adjusted low
They even implemented a new “estimation system” this year. Most nongovernment economists think those changes have made the reading less accurate, not more. So I asked John Williams of Shadow Stats to calculate the gold price in March 2015 dollars ...
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16 Signs That The Economy Has Stalled Out And The Next Economic Downturn ...
According to John Williams of shadowstats.com, if honest numbers were used they would show that U.S. GDP growth has been continuously negative since 2005. But even if we consider the number that the government has given us to be the “real” number, ...
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Unemployment dips to the bottom – investors are still worried, why?
Actual unemployment is above 20% according to shadowstats.com which continued tracking unemployment based in reality after the government uncoupled their stats from all working age Americans and instead focused their stats only on those who are ...
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Latest Foreign Policy News

Robert Gates: 'Not Impressed' With GOP Candidates on Foreign Policy
Gates is a Republican, but was defense secretary under President Barack Obama. He said he is impressed with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's foreign policy knowledge, but added that he never discussed domestic policy with her when they ...
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Why Are Chinese and Russian Ships Prowling the Mediterranean?
There are good, simple reasons for the joint naval exercises in the waters off Europe. But Moscow and Beijing also ain't above a little swagger. By Jim Holmes<p> Jim Holmes is an associate professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College and co ...
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Successful US Raid Into Syria Could Lead to More Missions …
Colum Lynch is Foreign Policy's award-winning U.N.-based senior diplomatic reporter. Lynch previously wrote Foreign Policy's Turtle Bay blog, for which he was awarded the 2011 National Magazine Award for best reporting in digital media. He is also a ...
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10 States With the Biggest Income Inequality

10 States With the Biggest Income Inequality
The wealth gap between America's highest earners and the rest of the U.S. population has never been greater, and it's a discrepancy poised to continue growing, according to various studies done on the topic. In 2013, upper-income Americans had a median ...
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The 9 Million Picasso That Explains Global Inequality
But this much we do know: The astronomical rise in prices for the most-sought-after works of art over the last generation is in large part the story of rising global inequality. At its core, this is the simplest of economic math. The supply of Picasso ...
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Latest Government Statistics News

IMF Seeks to Promote Greater Data Transparency in Developing Countries
This can be attributed to many factors, including insufficient high level attention to disciplined data dissemination, inadequate resource allocation to statistical work across government agencies, and incipient technical expertise and IT ...
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State Government Tax Revenue Rises for Fourth Year in a Row, Census Bureau ...
"The Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections provides a comprehensive look at the fiscal health of state governments," said Kevin Deardorff, chief of the Census Bureau's Economy-Wide Statistics Division. "State governments and businesses have ...
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