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From The Hill: “The biggest threat in history to United States National Security would be a negative decision on Tariffs by the U.S. Supreme Court. We would be financially defenseless,” the president wrote in an early morning Truth Social post. Is that a threat? Anyway, seems like a lot o ftrade policy uncertainty… Figure 1: EPU-trade from Baker, Bloom and Davis (blue, left scale), and Trade Policy Uncertainty from Caldara et al. (red, right scale). Source: policyuncertainty.com and Iacoviello.com. This entry was posted on December 9, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

All-Star pitcher Edwin Diaz has agreed a three-year contract worth $69 million with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a report. Diaz, who played for the New York Mets between 2019 and 2022 and from 2024 until opting out of his contract this year, will average a record $23m salary for an MLB reliever, according to The Athletic. The 31-year-old recorded a 1.63 ERA with 28 saves in his sixth season with the Mets, as well as earning his third All-Star call-up. Edwin Diaz contract: Los Angeles Dodgers ‘land pitcher’ The previous record for Diaz’s position was set by the…

HEROIC RESCUE: Virginia State trooper jumps into action to pull driver from burning vehicle in snowy conditionsCAROLINE COUNTY, Va. – A Virginia State Police trooper is being hailed a hero after his daring rescue on Interstate 95 when he saved a driver from a burning vehicle. MORE SNOW STRETCHES AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AFTER WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED IN MID-ATLANTICSergeant S. Page was deciding if he should head southbound on I-95 to check on a rest area, or if he should travel northbound. Luckily, he followed his gut and chose the latter. “Something told me to go…

Throttled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade war, U.S. farmers are finally seeing some temporary—and long-promised—relief in the form of a $12 billion bailout. The Trump administration on Monday unveiled the hefty aid package, which is aimed at making amends with a key voter base that has become collateral damage in Trump’s trade war with China and other top economic partners. Throttled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade war, U.S. farmers are finally seeing some temporary—and long-promised—relief in the form of a $12 billion bailout. The Trump administration on Monday unveiled the hefty aid package, which is aimed at making…

by Calculated Risk on 12/09/2025 07:53:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Wednesday:• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.• At 2:00 PM, FOMC Meeting Announcement. The Fed is expected to cut rates 25bp at this meeting.• Also at 2:00 PM, FOMC Forecasts This will include the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) participants’ projections of the appropriate target federal funds rate along with the quarterly economic projections. • At 2:30 PM, Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds a press briefing following the FOMC…

Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Union St. Gilloise World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Marseille World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.27Expected goals (xG)1.48-1.00Goals Prevented-1.00Passing323 (83%)Accurate passes537 (89%) Turn off spoiler to view match events Coach Sébastien Pocognoli Substitutes 34 F Robinio Vaz 88′ Replaced by M. Greenwood 50 M Darryl Bakola 19 M Geoffrey Kondogbia 88′ Replaced by P. Aubameyang 8 M Angel Gomes 76 M Tadjidine Mmadi 6 D Garcia Ulysses 28 D Benjamin…

North Carolina Tar Heels star freshman Caleb Wilson is a huge fan of the late great Kobe Bryant (averaging 19.3 PPG/10.6 RPG/2.4 APG/1.6 SPG/1.2 BPG/1.8 TOV/2.3 PF/53.2% FG/57.0% 2-PT/18.2% 3-PT/54.1% eFG/77.1% FT through nine starts). (via Inside Carolina): Reporter: “Caleb, speaking of the NBA, one of my friends was telling me that when he watches […] The post Caleb Wilson: “I watch a lot of Kobe” appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

A parade of strong clippers moving through the Midwest bringing a mix of snow and rain to the Great Lakes and Northeast, with Winter Weather Alerts stretching from Minnesota to Michigan, while Chicago sees a rapid swing between snow and rain.The month of December has been slammed with everything, from subzero temperatures to severe storm systems sweeping the nation and that’s just the beginning of it.POWERFUL COAST-TO-COAST STORM KICKS OFF DECEMBER WITH MAJOR IMPACTS FROM HEAVY SNOW TO ICE ACROSS THE NATIONA series of rapid-moving clippers across the Great Lakes through the Northeast will continue this month’s active pattern, as…

The Ambassador of the European Union in Tirana, Silvio Gonzato, stated that Albania needs an electoral reform fully in line with the OSCE-ODIHR recommendations, in order to create a fair and equal political competition. Ambassador Gonzato delivered his speech at the conference: “Building trust in elections: Political Financing and Electoral Reform in Albania”, organized by International IDEA and the Rule of Law Center of the University of Helsinki, in cooperation with the Central Election Commission, where he emphasized electoral reform. “An electoral reform is needed that creates an environment with genuine competitiveness and equality for all parties. We are calling…

This is the latest in our series of posts in our series on price theory problems with Professor Bryan Cutsinger. You can see all of Cutsinger’s problems and solutions by subscribing to his EconLog RSS feed.Share your proposed solutions in the comments. Professor Cutsinger will be present in the comments for the next couple of weeks, and we’ll post his proposed solution shortly thereafter. May the graphs be ever in your favor, and long live price theory! Question: Over the past several decades, the inflation-adjusted price of healthcare has increased. Based on this information alone, can you infer the source…