Bonddad's Friday Linkfest

At 3PM CST on Thursday, March 31, we’ll be reviewing the latest month of economic and market data in the US.  This is a free webinar that will last about 30 minutes.  You can sign up here.

• The Fed should allow wages to rise (Mark Thoma at CBA Marketwatch)
• The new economics of the minimum wage  (Center for Equitable Growth)
• Trumps rhetoric of violence (Vox)
• Philly Fed Surges (Bespoke)
• Clean Sweep for Philly Fed (BeSpoke)
• After years of missing inflation to the downside, the Fed should let prices run a little hotter for awhile (WaPo)
• Small Banks are better for small business (St. Louis Fed)
• Business Cycle Risk Report (Capital Spectator)
• The importance of the "three no's" (TPM)
• Clinton is losing the white guy vote (NYT)
• Brazil is really screwed (NYT)
• Latest BOJ Meeting Minutes (BOJ)
• Krugman on the Republican crack-up (NYT)
• Russia keeps rates at 11% (FT)
• Japanese Bonds hit record low (FT)
• RIP Dollar Rally (BB)
• About that US manufacturing Renaissance (BB)
• As go its ports, so goes the US (BB)

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