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Great analysis, thank you!

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You're welcome!

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Excellent analysis! Thanks!

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Thank you!

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Your more recent posts do not reference the BLS or USG. Was that your employer but is no longer.

Apricitas is only recently discovered. It seems persistently topical covering the current major economic issues. It also does the numbers which many economists avoid.

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I still work for the BLS! Just moved the disclaimer.

Thank you! I am glad you're enjoying the newsletter.

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Yupp, discussed this very subject with my student, he works for major chemical company and they are rolling out contingency plans in case gas is cut off. More impotent he mentioned that you can cut off consumers because of difficulty in turning furnaces back on, requires a technician

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Yes—at this point I would be surprised to hear that any major industrial company on the continent does not have contingency plans in case of cutoffs.

That's a good point on household consumers—one of many reasons why policymakers are likely to try to insulate households from the downstream impacts of the gas shortage.

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