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by Calculated Risk on 11/19/2025 08:43:00 AM The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported:The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $59.6 billion in August, down $18.6 billion from $78.2 billion in July, revised.August exports were $280.8 billion, $0.2 billion more than July exports. August imports were $340.4 billion, $18.4 billion less than July imports.emphasis added Click on graph for larger image.Exports increased slightly and imports decreased in August. Exports were up 1.9% year-over-year; imports were down 1.9% year-over-year. Imports increased sharply earlier this year…

World Cup – Qualification Europe7:45 PMNovember 18, 2025Group Stage – 10Fadil Vokrri StadiumReferee: Davide Massa, Italy Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Kosovo World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Switzerland World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.00Expected goals (xG)0.00Passing397 (89%)Accurate passes436 (88%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 1 G Arijanet Murić 6.6 19 D Dion Gallapeni 7.0 3 D Fidan Aliti 7.3 13 D Amir Rrahmani (C) 10′ Holding 6.3 5 D Lumbardh Dellova 7.9…

With Joel Embiid unavailable and Adem Bona also out because of an ankle sprain, the Philadelphia 76ers have been leaning far more heavily on Andre Drummond to anchor the frontcourt. The big man has stepped into the starting lineup for the past four games and logged no fewer than 33 minutes in each outing. As […] The post Andre Drummond starts hitting unexpected threes appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Alongside visiting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump forcefully defended the crown prince against accusations he ordered the 2018 murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, an opinion columnist for The Washington Post. Khashoggi was visiting the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018 when he was kidnapped, killed and dismembered. In the Nov. 18 Oval Office event with Trump and Salman, ABC News reporter Mary Bruce addressed the crown prince. She said U.S. intelligence “concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist.” “Why should Americans trust you?” she asked. Trump called ABC “fake news”…

Cooperation is both the most fragile and the most necessary condition of political life. It is fragile because individuals and groups often pursue short-term gains at others’ expense, yet it is essential because no political community endures without mutual accommodation and understanding. Politics, as Aristotle taught, is the art of living together—not the sum of private interests but the shared effort to sustain a common life. The enduring question is how cooperation survives amid constant temptations to betray, deceive, or act unilaterally. One answer lies in reciprocity. Robert Axelrod’s The Evolution of Cooperation revealed what statesmen have long intuited: strategies…

There were 10 matches on Tuesday as the group stage of European qualifying came to a close Spain maintained their unbeaten run in World Cup 2026 qualifying as they drew 2-2 with Turkey to end the campaign as group winners. The European champions were hoping to make it six wins from six and thought they were on their way to achieving that after Dani Olmo put them ahead after just four minutes in Seville. The visitors hit back through Deniz Gul shortly before half-time before taking the lead after the break courtesy of Salih Ozcan. But any hopes of a…

Two storms loom over next week’s Thanksgiving holiday with the potential to cause delays during the busiest travel period of the year, when close to 82 million Americans are expected to take to the road, rail or sky. The first storm system is expected to develop next Monday, Nov. 24, and bring rain to the southern Plains as it tracks into the Southeast and potentially the mid-Atlantic or Northeast through Tuesday. Meanwhile, an area from Missouri to Texas will likely see some rain on Wednesday into Thanksgiving Day, with the potential for snow where colder air is able to take…

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: A China-Japan feud escalates over comments about Taiwan, the Dutch takeover of Chinese chip manufacturer Nexperia leads to fallout, and China’s new economic data points to a bleak outlook for 2026. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief.The highlights this week: A China-Japan feud escalates over comments about Taiwan, the Dutch takeover of Chinese chip manufacturer Nexperia leads to fallout, and China’s new economic data points to a bleak outlook for 2026. Sign up to receive China Brief in your inbox every Tuesday. Sign up to receive China Brief in your…

As of today’s close: Figure 1: SP500 (blue, left log scale), and VIX (tan, right scale). Source: Dow Jones, CBOE via FRED. Figure 2: Bitcoin BTC/USD (blue, left log scale), and VIX (tan, right scale). Source: Coinbase, CBOE via FRED. The S&P500 is down from peak by 4%, Bitcoin down 26%. This entry was posted on November 18, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

World Cup – Qualification Europe7:45 PMNovember 18, 2025Group Stage – 10Hampden ParkReference: Szymon Marciniak, Poland Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Scotland World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Denmark World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.00Expected goals (xG)0.00Passing188 (73%)Accurate passes530 (89%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 1 G Craig Gordon 6.7 3 D Andrew Robertson (C) 6.2 16 D Scott McKenna 6.6 5 D Grant Hanley 7.3 2 D Aaron Hickey 6.5 19 M Lewis…