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Daily Economic News Sentiment

This data is from the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank data repository. It captures a daily index of economic sentiment being reported in the news media. Negative values indicate pessimism. The data is smoothed.

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His Imperial Majesty Speaks!

mostly incoherently, but still…

Trump commenting on his brilliant move to supply more water in California:

“Today, 1.6 billion gallons and, in 3 days, it will be 5.2 billion gallons. Everybody should be happy about this long fought Victory! I only wish they listened to me six years ago — There would have been no fire!”

Unfortunately:

  • the increased flow is likely to simply cause flooding;
  • the released water is normally held back to irrigate crops during California’s hot, dry summer; and,
  • local farmers and officials are really, really pissed about this.

But who cares about farmers?