7 juli. Marknaden bättre än fascism. Bad news is Good news. Slussen.

Italians may help Germany get its trains to run on time. Opening up national markets has worked wonders for European railways.

The Economist 6 August 2026
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/06/italians-may-help-germany-get-its-trains-to-run-on-time

Did Mussolini really get the trains running on time?

Say what you like about Mussolini, he made the trains run on time. That was the famous last excuse for Fascism, conveying the idea that while dictatorship might not be very nice, at least it got things done.

But did Mussolini really do it? Did Il Duce, in his 20 years of absolute power, really manage to make the railway service meet its timetable? 

The answer is no. Like almost all the supposed achievements of Fascism, the timely trains are a myth, nurtured and propagated by a leader with a journalist's flair for symbolism, verbal trickery and illusion.

The Independent 3 April 1994 

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rear-window-making-italy-work-did-mussolini-really-get-the-trains-running-on-time-1367688.html



Nya Slussen så som projektet presenterades inför byggstart.
SvD 7 augusti 2026
https://www.svd.se/a/Bxwo3g/skandalos-forandring-blev-lonnfet-huskropp

Stockholmsbörsens små uppgångar kom av sig i slutet av handelsdagen. Utvecklingen sammanföll med att oljepriserna återhämtade sig.

https://www.di.se/live/stockholmsborsen-tog-helg-svagt-nedat/


Bad news is Good news.

Den amerikanska sysselsättningen i juli minskade med 23.000 jobb, medans analytikerna väntade sig en ökning på 80.000 jobb.


Wall Street steg tydligt efter att fredagens oväntat svaga jobbdata fick investerare att dämpa förväntningarna på räntehöjningar från Fed.

Dagen innan
”Det är det som är fascinerande med börsen – att den handlas ner ganska kraftigt i samband med oro, men även om oron inte helt släpper kan den sedan handlas upp och handlas upp ännu mer”, säger Elin Benjaminsson, börsstrateg på Avanza.



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