Economy

Who’s Real Wage? | Econbrowser

EJ Antoni writes: Today’s employment data showed further gains in earnings, but cumulative price increases have still far outpaced earnings…

1 week ago

EJ Antoni Worries about the Gap between CES NFP and CPS Employment

From a X post today: There have been widening gaps between NFP and civilian employment in the recent, which he…

2 weeks ago

DiMartino Booth: “We know many government statisticians are very left leaning in nature…”

(Or, ” I have in my hand fifty-seven cases of individuals…”) At 3:44 into this video, this Ms. DiMartino Booth…

2 weeks ago

Business Cycle Indicators for October, Including Monthly GDP

Here are key indicators followed by the NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee (top indicators employment and person income) plus monthly…

2 weeks ago

The Declining Driving Miles Intensity of GDP

Trend shifted down, but sensitivity up. Figure 1: Log of ratio of vehicle miles traveled to monthly GDP (000’s miles…

2 weeks ago

Wages Nominal and Real across the Distribution

Reader Michael writes: …high income wage growth has grown much faster than medium and low income wage growth patterns. Here’s…

2 weeks ago

Ruble Devaluation Giveth and Devaluation Taketh Away

Consider the ruble/yuan exchange rate. Figure 1: Rubles per yuan, calculated using dollar rates (blue, log scale). Up is a…

2 weeks ago

Policy Uncertainty since the Election

As measured by Baker, Bloom and Davis: Figure 1: EPU (news) for the US (blue), average value 1/20/2021-11/4/2024 (light blue…

2 weeks ago

Three Measures of Output | Econbrowser

GDP, GDO, GDP+: Figure 1: GDP (blue), GDO (tan), GDP+ (green), all in bn.Ch.2017$ SAAR. GDP+ scaled to equal GDP…

3 weeks ago

The Ruble under Pressure | Econbrowser

From Politico: The ruble tumbled on Wednesday to its lowest level in over two years, as a mix of low…

3 weeks ago