I did another Radio Economics interview this week (here). This time, it was with Dr. Mark Thoma or Economist’s View. We discuss the...
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Wall Street has been sifting through the horrific reports out of the Gulf of Mexico. Their rose-colored glasses allowed them to see...
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The Manpower Hiring Survey is interesting to me — not because of the blah blah blah it contains — but due to the uncorrelated...
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Have I been too hard on the Conference Board? Has my criticism of their modification of the LEIs been unjustified? I think not, but my...
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The aggregate headline economic data shows things are not all that bad, and the recovery is proceeding modestly along — why then,...
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Yet another look (see prior takes here and here) at the concept of market cycles. The past century shows alternating Bullish and...
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Forget most of what you are reading about the post-Katrina recovery. This is an unprecedented U.S. disaster that will have repercussions...
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Very cool Widget available for Apple’s OS X Tiger, allowing you to check the prices of your local gas station. Here’s the...
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Interesting chart via PIMCO’s Bill Gross, comparing manufacturing employment with tat of Real Estate agents. Recall we visited a...
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I’m a big believer in accountability — both on Wall Street and in D.C. That’s why I admit my (all too frequent) errors...
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