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
Overestimating Recession Odds
My Sunday Washington Post Business Section column is out. This morning, we look at why so many pundits overstate the...
The Sunny Side of American Economy: Cities
Fascinating chart showing the crisis spike and recent recovery of unemployment rates by city: click for interactive graphic...
Projecting Real GDP Growth for the Next Decade
Real gross domestic product (GDP) is still well below its prerecession trend. And that gap may widen over the next decade, according to a...
Richest and Poorest Countries in the World
Fascinating set of maps from Visual Capitalist: Source: Visual Capitalist
Portland is a Boomtown
I spend a decent amount of time traveling around the U.S. speaking at conferences and visiting clients. Doing this is a visceral form of...