Wage Growth As A Leading Inflation Indicator

Here's Where The Nation's Hottest Housing Markets Are The US housing market's top 10 hottest ZIP codes this year are all located in the Midwest and Northeast for the fourth consecutive year  - as tight inventories due to limited homebuilding has fueled competition, according to a Monday report from Realtor.com.  A builder works on a commercial property under construction in Peabody, Mass., on Jan. 12, 2015. Peabody is the nation's hottest housing market, according to Realtor.com. Elise Amendola/AP Photo The top 10 - as measured by buyer demand gauged by unique views and...

Ukraine's Drone Campaign Against The 'Russian Amazon' Is Driven By Political Motives Authored by Andrew Korybko, The goal is to create a growing class of malcontents by inflicting major harm to small business owners who might then shift the electoral odds against the ruling party ahead of September’s next elections and later possibly form the core of a future protest movement that could be exploited from abroad. Ukraine’s US-assisted long-range drone campaign against Russia has recently begun targeting the country’s online retailer Wildberries, which is essentially the “Russian Amazon”, with recent strikes either totally...

Nate Silver Explodes In Foul-Mouthed Tirade After Fake Polling Firm Pulls Off Humiliating Hoax Political polling guru Nate Silver unleashed a profanity-laced tirade after a polling operation admitted its surveys were largely fabricated. Silver, whose career has been built around interpreting polling data, was furious after Wedgewood Polling admitted that much of its operation had been an elaborate "social experiment" designed to expose just how easily questionable statistics could infiltrate the political media ecosystem. "Our fabricated numbers were given instant credibility across national media platforms," the statement said. "The ease with which...