OMB Watch: Disturbing Pattern Emerging on Government Budget...
I do not have a whole lot of familiarity with OMB Watch (described as a “non-partisan nonprofit”), but they raise some rather...
Productivity & Unemployment
After this week’s Fed non-event, comes a busy, back end loaded week of economic releases. Most important to our economic thesis will be...
The Value of Political Polls and trend analysis
Consider these two articles from Business Week: Bush in ’04, Even with This Economy, AUGUST 4, 2003 Suddenly, He’s...
2004 Deficit: $600 Billion+
Stan Collender is managing director of the Federal Budget Consulting Group at Fleishman-Hillard (And the author of The Guide to the...
Howard Dean and the magazine cover indicator
I’ve followed contrary indicators for many years; I even wrote a series of articles on them for TheStreet.com; (Contrary Indicators Tip...
Terrorism Futures Market: Much Ado About the Wrong Thing
This is an early draft of a forthcoming article . . . feel free to send comments here . “The conventional wisdom holds that...
Weekend Reading
NYSE’s Corporate Governance Is Harshly Criticized in Report (requires WSJ subscription) The New York Stock Exchange is coming under...
The Danger of Dogma
About six months ago, Professor Boskin, an economist at Stanford who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under...
Impatience at the Federal Reserve: The New Productivity...
Special Report: FOMC Meeting June 25, 2003 IntroductionOn June 25, 2003, the Federal Reserve announced they were cutting rates by 25...
Barron’s calls President Bush a liar
I was stunned to read this in Alan Abelson’s column today in Barron’s. With humor and a gentle touch, Abelson clucks about...