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Eurozone inflation skyrocketed in September

2 years 9 months ago
The Europeans are always ahead of us with their inflation data because they're willing to release "flash" estimates before the month is even over. For September, Eurostat reported annual inflation of 10%, which is bad enough, but that's year-over-year and doesn't capture their recent big increase. If you look instead at the monthly data, inflation ...continue reading "Eurozone inflation skyrocketed in September"
Kevin Drum

St. Louis Law Enforcement Plans Tougher Approach to Overdose Epidemic

2 years 9 months ago
A surging drug overdose death epidemic is cutting a deep, jagged line across the St. Louis region, sparing almost no town or neighborhood. More than 1,000 people in the St. Louis area died from drug overdoses last year — a record number — and fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine, is the biggest reason why.
Mike Fitzgerald

Defense Department Latest To Be Caught Hoovering Up Internet Data Via Private Contractors

2 years 9 months ago
Everyone’s got a hunger for data. Constitutional rights sometimes prevent those with a hunger from serving themselves. But when they’ve got third parties on top of third parties, all Fourth Amendment bets are off. Data brokers are getting rich selling government agencies the data they want at low, low prices, repackaging information gathered from other […]
Tim Cushing

Riverside Landing Park

2 years 9 months ago
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Mississippi River and the Dardenne Creek

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Income and expenditures were up slightly in August

2 years 9 months ago
In addition to its monthly inflation figures, the BEA also released personal spending data today, and it was as boring as it could possibly be. Adjusted for inflation, disposable personal income went up 0.9% and personal spending went up 1.2% (both of these are month-to-month changes that have been annualized). Here's what this looks like ...continue reading "Income and expenditures were up slightly in August"
Kevin Drum

New Book Explores Comprehensive History of St. Louis Sports

2 years 9 months ago
People kept asking Ed Wheatley when he would write a book on the history of bowling. St. Louis’ bowling history was magical — Wheatley couldn’t deny that. In 1958, a St. Louis squad, considered the “dream team,” set the record for the highest score — a record that would last for over 35 years.
Benjamin Simon