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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Nominal GDP is actually slowing now.

We've gone from almost 5% in late 2014 down to three.

If you look in this recovery and especially since the Affordable Care Act passed,

virtually all of the job growth has been in full-time jobs.

What's changed, I think, is we've kind of reached all employment and there's a number of inflation

indicators that are finally coming to life here a little bit.

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Good morning, I'm Michael McKee, along with Tom Keene. It is 7 a.m. on Wall Street 8 p.m.

in the Port of Shanghai where things were quiet in February. Too quiet for investors

who are selling off on a drop in Chinese exports. Never mind China was on a holiday

for 10 days during the month. Markets looking for a reason to sell off and sell off they are.

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