fall
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“That is the tired old narrative that is fallen apart. Nobody believes that.”
“All of this will either rise or fall on effective disarmament,” said Daniel Shapiro, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council and former U.S. ambassador to Israel under the Obama administration.
Although the national figure masks what is happening across different regions with some areas seeing numbers fall and others still seeing steep rises.
From BBC
The index for prices paid by companies fell while that of prices received rose, though both remained elevated.
“Growth in regional factory activity cooled in December, as production and employment fell slightly,” said Cortney Cowley, assistant vice president at the Kansas City Fed.
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