Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 9.20.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending September 20th 2019 Positives: 1. Markets stabilize as everyone gets used to Trade War noise; 2....
Which States Could Suffer the Most From Trade War Tariffs?
Source: How Much This is pretty amazing: • Throughout 2019, the U.S. imposed $250 billion in tariffs on imported Chinese...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 9.13.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending September 13th 2019 Positives: 1. Jobless claims fell 15k w/o/w from 219k to 204k. 2. Home...
Tail Risk: Part 1, The Persistent Effects of the Great Recession
Tail Risk: Part 1, The Persistent Effects of the Great Recession by Julian Kozlowski The Great Recession of 2007-09 was a deep downturn...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 9.06.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending September 6th, 2019 Positives: 1. Despite numerous false starts, it appears Trade War talks are...
Assessing The Economy’s Winners & Losers
It’s Labor Day, when the Summer winds down, and we celebrate the American worker. Given the importance of Labor to the economy, it...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 8.30.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 30th, 2019 Positives: 1. Markets rally on cooling trade war tweets, as hope springs...
BW: Talking Rates in the Maine Woods With Economists Over Good...
Talking Rates in the Maine Woods With Economists Over Good Wine Taking place right before the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, the...
Succinct Summations of Week’s Events 8.23.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 23rd 2019 Positives: 1. FOMC meeting in Jackson Hole seems to be progressing well without...
Data Behind Fear of Yield Curve Inversions
Source: FRED Blog FRED can help us make sense of the recent discussions about an inverted yield curve. But first, some definitions...