Economy

Truly Tariffying: A (Economic Policy) House of Horrors

I was taking a rare vacation trip (most travel is work related for me), when my wife and I decided…

6 months ago

Wisconsin Employment Situation: May | Econbrowser

The DWD released the May preliminary employment numbers on Thursday (h/t James): Figure 1: Wisconsin nonfarm payroll employment (black), Philadelphia…

6 months ago

Opinion: “An (Almost) Inverted Yield Curve Is Worrying China”

S. Ren in Bloomberg: “It’s getting flatter, prompting worries over an ‘asset famine’ and a prolonged recession.” Whatever the reason,…

6 months ago

Chinn, Frankel and Ito: “The Dollar versus the Euro as International Reserve Currencies”

The abstract from article forthcoming in the Journal of International Money and Finance. We begin by examining determinants of aggregate foreign…

6 months ago

Some Recent Statistics on the Internationalization of the Yuan

COFER data through December 2023: Figure 1: Foreign exchange reserves in JPY as share of tota reserves (blue), AUD (light…

6 months ago

June CBO Economic Outlook: Positive Output Gap through 2025

The CBO released an updated Economic Outlook yesterday. Projected PCE inflation is higher, as are budget deficits. First drop in…

6 months ago

Business Cycle Indicators, Mid-June | Econbrowser

Industrial production surprises on upside (0.9% vs. 0.3% m/m), while nominal retail sales increase modestly (0.1 actual vs. 0.3% consensus).…

6 months ago