FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO
Is there a role for the business community in tackling Kansas City’s crime and violence problem, and if so, what?
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Short Items of Interest – Economy | Growth Expected Despite Lots of Travails | Growth and Trade | Iran and Oil | Macron Tries to Revamp Reforms | Have You Looked at the Black Owl Report? | The Joys of Cooperation and Compromise | New Chart – US Real GDP
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National and International News Affecting Local Business (Download in Adobe Acrobat) >>
Short Items of Interest – Economy
Consumers to the Rescue?
Dueling Interpretations
Global Growth Prospects Improve
Ukraine Set to Elect Zelensky
Have You Looked at the Black Owl Report?
Some Folks Need to Just Chill
New Chart – Global Growth
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FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO
The emphasis was on global trade last week as the World Trade Center Association (WTCA) held its annual world conference. Kansas City is one of the 330 World Trade Centers (WTC) around the planet, one of only three chambers in the U.S. to operate a licensed WTC.
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Short Items of Interest – Economy | The Great Minimum Wage Debate | Fed Unlikely to Change Course | The Populist Agenda | Sudanese Leader Flees Military Coup | Have You Looked at the Black Owl Report? | I am Ready for Spring (sort of) | New Chart – Minimum Wage
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National and International News Affecting Local Business (Download in Adobe Acrobat) >>
Short Items of Interest – Economy
The Uncertainty Factor
What to Expect in Labor Report
Challenging Fed Independence
Trade Deal Close?
Have You Looked at the Black Owl Report?
Understanding Weakness
New Chart – Target Fed Funds Rate
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Short Items of Interest – Economy
Credit Managers’ Index Dips Again
Credit Managers’ Index (continued)
Migration Crisis in Europe
Have You Looked at the Black Owl Report?
Work Ethic
New Chart – Mediterranean Migrants
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