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09:16am EDT| The World’s Most Valuable Soccer Teams: Barcelona Edges Real Madrid To Land At No. 1 For First Time   Share to Facebook Share to Linkedin Soccer club values are up 30% on average in the past two years as investors eye untapped potential in the sport’s global appeal. Lionel Messi of Barcelona in action during the La Liga Santander match between FC Barcelona and Real Valladolid CF at Camp Nou on April 5, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto/Getty Images Move over, Madrid. Spain has a new No. 1. Barcelona tops the  Forbes list of the world’s...

Idaho is facing a scarcity of skilled workers--here's how three local programs are working to fill that gap and last updated 2021-04-08 16:18:20-04 Idaho's unemployment numbers are going in a hopeful trend, according to new data from the Idaho Department of Labor. The state's February unemployment rate was down to 3.3%, a drastic change from historic unemployment highs last spring. It's a hopeful trend, but according to the department of labor, the scarcity of skilled workers is growing more intense, despite the amount of unemployment created by the pandemic. An economic expert's take on why...

Jeff Greenberg/Contributor/Getty Images With the help of nearly $2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding, state funding allocations for higher education during the 2021 fiscal year remained roughly the same as last fiscal year, according to the latest Grapevine higher education funding report. Total state support for higher education edged up by 0.3 percent to $96.7 billion in the 2021 fiscal year, which began July 1, 2020, and will end on June 30, 2021. Without federal dollars, direct state funding levels would have declined by 1.3 percent this fiscal year. “The results suggest ...

February 2021 Headline Industrial Production Declines Due To Weather The headlines say seasonally adjusted Industrial Production (IP) declined month-over-month - and remains in contraction year-over-year. Our analysis shows the three-month rolling average marginally improved. Analyst Opinion of Industrial Production The best way to view this is the 3-month rolling averages which improved. Note that: The severe winter weather in the south central region of the country in mid-February accounted for the bulk of the declines in output for the month. Most notably, some petroleum refineries, petroc...

z cpi1.png As a generalization - inflation accelerates as the economy heats up, while the inflation rate falling could be an indicator that the economy is cooling. However, inflation does not correlate well to the economy - and cannot be used as an economic indicator. Gasoline was the major influence on the CPI: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.3 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 1.7 percent before ...