Snapshot: Signs of the Times

Rate Shocks in Asia Are a Sign of the Times

Surprises get a bad press in economics, unless they are nice, and those have been scarce of late. A string of monetary policy upsets indicate something is seriously off in Southeast Asia.

Snapshot: Signs of the times

The large, blue awnings and the white bricks have been removed from Byington Building at North Virginia and Second streets, revealing a faded green, blue and red sign for the long-gone Ginsburg’s Jewelry Store. A Historic Reno Preservation Society post on the building by local historian Alicia Barber reads, in part: “Located on one of the first lots on the original Reno townsite to be sold in 1868, it is sometimes said to have been Reno’s first …