Brian Jacobs sends us these great GDP charts (below), along with this overview: What was Up in the GDP data: • Imports (oil) •...
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I don’t know why, but I always seem to be surprised by the pandering of politicians. I guess that makes me somewhat naive. The...
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Nobel laureates in economics Gary Becker of the University of Chicago, Edmund Phelps of Columbia University, Myron Scholes of Stanford...
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Randall Forsyth does a good job explaining what FOMC Chair Ben Bernanke has done right: "Yet much of the criticism seems unfair and...
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Twice in one day! I am off to the Nasdaq, to discuss the Fed decision, and the Microsoft/Yahoo merger / tea party. So I will be out of...
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Speaking of inflation driven food prices: Here’s a little infoporn for anyone who followed us into Mosaic (MOS) or trade in Potash...
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It doesn’t take too much advanced mathematics to note that by several historical methods for determining whether the economy is...
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I will be out of pocket when GDP gets released, so feel free to go to the official BEA release; use the comments below to...
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Why do I spend as much time as I do debunking inflation, employment and housing data? Today, you will see precisely why. At 8:30am,...
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