The Penobscot Princess (having bolted Bear Stearns, but still running in stealth mode) graces us once again with her elegant prose:...
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Make no doubt about it — thats precisely what Alan Greenspan said about the "puzzling decline" in long-term rates. In the...
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Back in January of 2004, we looked at the issue of whether the balance of scientific power was shifting away from the U.S. The concern...
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More good stuff from Mike Panzner: "On the heels of this morning’s weaker-than-expected jobs report, the U.S. treasury...
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> We once again rely on the very excellent Online WSJ for a quick review of the Dismal Scientists re: the "puzzling results"...
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I have to disagree with the assessment of job growth as "steady." Its not — its been erratic, weak and...
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There’s two pieces of good news, and one piece of bad news. The 1st good news is that the Fed tightening cycle is all but over....
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I am once again taking the Under on the Economist’s consensus of 185,000 increase in payroll jobs. I still believe the April data...
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somehow, this never went live on June 2nd — I am reposting it now, on June 3, 10:56am U.S. manufacturing expanded at a...
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Add weatherman to the list of prognosticators (including economists and strategists) who often get it wrong. Despite the forecasts for a...
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