Economy

Recession Probabilities for June 2025

Probabilities have peaked, using a standard spread model. Here is an updated assessment of recession probabilities (for 12 months ahead),…

7 months ago

Inflation, Greedflation, Economy-wide vs. Corporate Sector

In a recent SF Fed Economic Letter, Sylvain Leduc, Huiyu Li, and Zheng Liu  answered the question: “Are Markups Driving…

7 months ago

CEA: “Tariffs as a Major Revenue Source: Implications for Distribution and Growth”

Released today by CEA: Well first a picture depicting plausibility: Onto the conclusion: Strategically targeted tariffs are an important tool…

7 months ago

Exchange Rates and Interest Rates: Some Papers

I’ve spent the last week seeing lots of presentations on macro and international finance. Of particular interest are some papers…

7 months ago

Instantaneous Inflation in June | Econbrowser

CPI m/m (headline, core) below consensus (-0.1% vs +0.1%, +0.1 vs +0.2, respectively). Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation per Eeckhout (2023)…

7 months ago

Nontraditional Reserve Holdings, Through 2022

…although incomplete data for 2022. Figure 1: Geometric average of reserve holdings (expressed in USD) for reporting central banks. Very…

7 months ago

Employment Situation and Business Cycle Indicators

NFP at +206K vs +191K. Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) employment from CES (bold blue), civilian employment (orange), industrial production (red),…

7 months ago

Reserve De-Dollarization in Progress? | Econbrowser

More articles on dollar dominance, e.g. in Foreign Policy, Wells Fargo, vs. BitcoinNews. But most of the discussion centers on…

7 months ago

An Alternative Civilian Employment Measure

Several observers have pointed out the gap between civilian employment as measured by the CPS, and the nonfarm payroll employment…

7 months ago

Alternative Employment Measures of NFP

CPS based series adjusted to NFP way below official NFP, early benchmark. Figure 1: Nonfarm payroll employment from CES (blue),…

7 months ago