By the numbers, productivity fell at a 4.6% annualized rate, the steepest pace since 1948, while growth in unit labor costs accelerated.

Steve's Talking Points: Will Volkswagen spin-off Porsche in an IPO?, What's going on with Bitcoin?, If we do build more EVs, we'll need a lot more lithium; TRIVIA question: "What percentage of Americans shop at Costco? AND-- if you had invested $1,000 at that adjusted IPO price, and retained all shares, HOW MUCH would that be worth today?"

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