Subject: Donald Trump's first year, in metrics
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 05:02:20 -0500 (EST)

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}A daily digest of opinions and analysisFire and Fury and Facts and Figures: A Data-Driven Assessment One year ago, 13 Bloomberg View writers chose benchmarks to measure the Trump administration's progress: the trade deficit with China, new manufacturing jobs, and interest in moving to Canada among them. Now the results are in — and some of them might surprise you.Shutting Down the ShutdownCongress ended the three-day government shutdown on Monday by passing a temporary spending bill — infuriating some Democrats who were holding out for a deal that would protect so-called Dreamers, and guaranteeing another big fight over immigration in a matter of weeks.So who came out on top? Jonathan Bernstein says the conventional wisdom that Democrats caved isn't entirely accurate, while Megan McArdle hopes they learned a lesson from the experience (especially since their GOP counterparts don't seem to have).Trump Kept One Promise. The Shutdown Was Proof.Just like he pledged, Trump is running the government like he runs his businesses. And that's a problem. Timothy L. O'Brien explains why the administration's dysfunction should come as no surprise. Let's Think About a U.S. ParliamentRepublicans and Democrats seem too weak to govern. What if you threw a few extra actors — say, Greens, Social Democrats and a Frontier Party — into the mix? Michael Strain conducts a thought experiment.Ritholtz's ReadsAn investor's guide to the shutdown (Barron's)Can we be brutally honest about investment returns? (MoneyBeat)How Warren Buffett's billionaire deputy became an "expert-generalist" (Quartz)(Read Barry Ritholtz's full daily news roundup here.)Bloomberg GadflyAmazon Go could be a watershed for retailBonus time: Fret about MIFID later, AsiaAIG's dealmaking return might be just the start(Read more from BV's sister site for fast business commentary.)Bloomberg L.P. ● 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022Web ● Facebook ● TwitterFeedback ● Unsubscribe

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