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Quote of the Day

"Interest at zero is an emergency setting. Why do we still have a Fed policy designed for an economy that needed life-support? ...So don't think of it as rates going higher; think of it as moving to normal."

(Barry Ritholtz)

Chart of the Day

A graphical look at the decline in Pay TV subscriber growth.

(recode.net)

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