As a follow up to our “U3+U6 Modest Proposal,” modest proposal, here is this primer from the FRED blog. Perhaps the...
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It’s been a great year for the really rich: The world’s 500 richest people earned an extra $217 billion so far this year. Thats...
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Fascinating depiction of the global economy, broken down by geographic region. Each country’s is sized according to their percentage of...
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A Close Look at the Decline of Homeownership Andrew Haughwout, Richard Peach, and Joseph Tracy Liberty Street Economics, February 17,...
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From Torsten Sløk, Ph.D.: Per capita debt levels have moved essentially sideways over the past decade, see chart below, and student...
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Does a High-Pressure Labor Market Bring Long-Term Benefits? Julie L. Hotchkiss Atlanta Fed Macroblog, February 13, 2017 ...
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With President Trump in office, economists have been revising their GDP growth forecasts for 2017. This is a good time to review why...
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Why Does Economic Growth Keep Slowing Down? Fernando Martin St. Louis Fed On the Economy, February 09, 2017 ...
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The Middle-Class Squeeze Isn’t Made Up The economic anxiety experienced by a wide swath of Americans is very real. Bloomberg,...
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