Karl Smith is a Professor at UNC-CH and blogger at Modeled Behavior. He was a graduate fellow at the Institute for Emerging Issues, where...
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A good MD knows that when a particular treatment doesn’t work, it’s always prudent to try something else. Dr. Bernanke (not...
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The good news: Summers is gone Jan 1 (no word yet on Geithner). The bad news? I am not sure what (if any) impact this will have on the...
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Yeah, yeah, no change from the Fed QE/ZIRP blahblahblah. I am sick of the incessant Fed watching . . . Its become so predictable and...
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What does this mean for a Jewish Zen Atheist ? > via The REAL ‘Stuff White People Like’
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The FOMC said they are “prepared to provide additional accommodation if needed to support the economic recovery and to return...
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Here is the annotated FOMC statement: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August indicates that the pace...
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Nice chart comparing the post recession job recoveries going back to 1969, via NYT: “After the last recession ended –...
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Aug Housing Starts totaled 598k annualized, almost 50k higher than expected and up from a revised 541k last month (from 546k). Permits...
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Vincent Reinhart gets the Lehman collapse precisely right at The American (a Journal of the American Enterprise Institute). Regular...
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