Source: WSJ
Lack of Household Income Gain Explains Trump & Sanders Appeal
Today is the New York state primary. Regardless of the outcome, the election offers an opportunity to explore why two...
Low Productivity Driven By Less Competition?
I have written about the productivity paradox previously. Perhaps thats why I found this discussion by Torsten Sløk so intriguing. He...
Rust Belt City Youngstown Wants To Overcome Decades of Decline
This was a topic of conversation last night over dinner: Source: PBS
Many Negative Labor Market Trends Started before the Great...
Part I While some indicators show that the labor market has significantly recovered from the Great Recession, other indicators are...
Fed Battle of ForeNowcasting!
A Forecast About GDP Nowcasts Predictions are difficult, especially about the future. Bloomberg, April 14, 2016 For some...
How Imminent is a Recession?
What are the chances of a recession? Not what you’d think. Barry Ritholtz Washington Post, April 3 2016 For at least five years,...
10-year Government Bond Yields Around the World
Nothing like a map to give you a global perspective on where interest rates are on a country by country basis: Source: Bloomberg