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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Economy

Cirrus on the block?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2010, 2:38 PM Sep 9, 2010

The Duluth airplane manufacturer confirms it’s courting investors.

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Roads to ruin

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 6, 2010, 7:57 AM Sep 6, 2010
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Are construction companies fibbing when they say a road project is completed in time to get a get-it-done-fast bonus?

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The curse of writing a headline

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 26, 2010, 9:58 AM Aug 26, 2010
6

A story about home foreclosures defies a simple headline.

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Do tax cuts pay for themselves?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2010, 10:58 AM Aug 25, 2010
5

If you’re a curmudgeon — and, really, why aren’t you — you’re probably a fan of Mark Haines, the morning anchor on business channel CNBC, who isn’t shy about ‘calling shennanigans’ when guesswork is disguised as economic theory.

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Touche

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2010, 10:32 AM Aug 25, 2010
2

In the absence of data on whether jobs are leaving Minnesota for South Dakota, we’re left only with anecdotal evidence.

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Are we in another recession?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2010, 9:05 AM Aug 24, 2010
3

There’s much more involved in today’s awful housing sale reports, but it points out a continuing flaw with efforts to jump-start the economy — they tend to delay the inevitable rather than fix the problem.

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Households getting a grip on loans

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 10:49 AM Aug 17, 2010
4

Good news/bad news in a study on household debt from the New York Federal Reserve Bank today:

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Are the unemployed to blame for high unemployment?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2010, 11:02 AM Aug 6, 2010
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A Minneapolis-based investment company makes a weak case for the argument.

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A roadmap of debt

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 3, 2010, 1:56 PM Aug 3, 2010

If you like playing with maps, and visualizing the extent of individuals’ economic woes, this is your lucky day.

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Targeting politics

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 19, 2010, 5:02 PM Jul 19, 2010
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Is there a penalty when a popular business chooses sides in a political debate? Maybe. But, apparently not a big one.

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Minnesota taxes by the numbers

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 15, 2010, 12:52 PM Jul 15, 2010
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Any discussion about taxes in Minnesota inevitably begins with a statement of where the state ranks compared to the rest of the nation. According to a report today from the Minnesota Taxpayers Association, Minnesota ranks 13th. And 21st. And 15th. And 32nd.

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Street light savings time

dgaraets July 9, 2010, 3:35 PM Jul 9, 2010
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Tom Bodett would not be happy with Brainerd, Minn. The City Council there voted to keep about a quarter of the city’s 1,600 streetlights dark, despite complaints from many residents.

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Is the economy as good as it gets?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2010, 1:49 PM Jul 7, 2010
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Nationwide, the difference in percentage increase of people working for temp (temporary) services vs. those who are holding permanent jobs has never been bigger.

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Measuring desperation

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2010, 10:07 AM Jul 2, 2010

How can the unemployment rate go down, when the number of people losing their jobs is going up?

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Commencement roundup

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2010, 4:08 PM May 24, 2010
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Every year at this time, News Cut begins posting commencement speeches. So far, this season, we have been generally underwhelmed by the speeches we’ve heard.

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