Congress is back in session today after a brief campaign recess (even though the campaigns weren't so brief). One of the first orders of business is the permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status with Russia. Regarding this topic, this evening the House Rules Committee is expected to take up a rule for floor consideration. Since this is a trade issue that has to do with trade status, and thus tariffs and duties, it is considered to be a revenue bill and must first pass the House. The Senate Finance Committee already unanimously passed the measure in July. The bill would repeal the Jackson-Vanik law that provided for higher tariffs tied to the amount of Russian Jews that were allowed to emigrate (Jackson-Vanik dated back to the 1970s a...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.