To me, context is about pattern recognition.

It's connecting the dots.

It's giving readers an ability to synthesize

a number of different perspectives

so they can understand how the greater whole works,

because nothing really occurs in isolation anymore.

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You can't count on the United States providing all the demand for the world.

It can't be the consumer first and last resort.

There needs to be more.

I think the Fed got it right last

December when they said they would have four increases this year investment really

is the global issue that we're facing a shortage of right now and that's

really holding back the global economies.

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Good morning, I'm Michael McKeine.

It is 7 a.m. on Wall Street.

It's 8 p.m. in Shanghai where Chinese officials are dealing with a bit of a public relations

oops.

A more than 6% decline in Chinese shares the day before the

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