By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will… Read more »
May src9th 20srcsrc By Bagehot POLITICIANS have been bashing supermarkets and chain stores as long as such shops have existed. In much of the European continent, some of the loudest… Read more »
By Bagehot ALL Westminster is reading “The Social Animal” by David Brooks, after sources close to David Cameron let it be known that the New York Times journalist had captured… Read more »
May src6th 20srcsrc By Bagehot AS IF May was not working out badly enough for the Liberal Democrats, the weekend brought a fresh round of press allegations against the Lib… Read more »
It’s getting late for online gift buying, and the holidays are almost here. If you’ve missed those shipping deadlines, you have one last resort – gift cards. Yes, yes, we know, they’re not as personal, but they’re better than being empty-handed when your friend or family member tosses you a gift…
[ ](https://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/fed-rate-cut-december-mortgage-interest/) [Fed Cuts Interest Rate by a Quarter Point, but Don’t Expect Big Declines for Mortgages Yet](https://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/fed-rate-cut-december-mortgage-interest/) The Federal Reserve has made another reduction to its benchmark interest rate, but it may not mean imminent relief for mortgage rates.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Consumer inflation in Tokyo likely accelerated in December on higher food costs and after the government’s suspension of its gas and electricity subsidies, a Reuters poll showed… Read more »
By Bagehot BEFORE Barack Obama’s rise to prominence, with his address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, your blogger must admit he was not completely sure what a… Read more »
May 27th 20srcsrc By Bagehot THE NATIVIST tendency in British politics—already cross about membership of the International Monetary Fund (because IMF membership has left Britain guaranteeing a share of the… Read more »
May 26th 20srcsrc By Bagehot IN MY print column this week I have tried to come up with a practical answer to the question: is there any way to rein… Read more »