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February Industrial Production Down 0.5%; Capacity Utilization Decreases to 80.9%

Posted on March 17, 2008 by John Rutledge

(March 17, 2008) – The Federal Reserve Board released the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report for February this morning. Industrial production fell 0.5% in February after having increased 0.1% in January. Although almost 3/4 of the of the February … Continue reading →

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Protectionism and the Phillipine Class War

Posted on March 16, 2008 by John Rutledge

(March 16, 2008) – An op-ed in today’s Manila Times (OK, so I read unusual newspapers) talks about the link between protectionism and poverty in the Phillipines. Click here to read the full article, Poverty in the middle of plenty. … Continue reading →

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