Radio Economics
Radio Economics is a very cool site run by Dr. James Reese, an economics professor at the University of South Carolina Upstate. The...
NFP: +169k
A brief comment on today’s NFP report — brief only because a 4 day weekend and the beach is becking me. Non-farm payrolls...
Shopped Out?
> I participated in a discussion in today’s WSJ’s (the free Econoblog) on consumer spending, titled Shopped Out? My...
3 and 2 year yield curve inversion
One of our commenters today noted the 2 and 3 year yield curve inverted Here’s what that looks like, intraday: click for larger...
PMI, GDP stink up the joint
The first revision of GDP growth for the second quarter rose at a (seasonally adjusted) 3.3% annual rate. This was below expectations of...
Ben Stein: Wrong About Earnings
The (unfortunately under-rated) Dylan Ratigan is hosting Kudlow & Company tonite, and one of his guests was Ben Stein. I’ve...
Time to Bet Against the U.S. Consumer?
For at least the past decade, anyone who has bet against the resiliency and unending spending capacity of the U.S. consumer has decidedly...
Chart of the Week: Savings as a % of Disposable Personal Income
The U.S. savings rate has plummeted since 1980, from over 10% to under 1%. Savings as a % of Disposable Personal Incomeclick for larger...
Ten Useful Economic Lessons
Dr John Llewellyn, chief global economist at Lehman Brothers, writes about lessons from 35 years as a professional economist: 1) Economic...