Economy

Trump 25% Tariffs: Wisconsinites “to get it good and hard”?

President-elect Trump has mentioned a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada. Time to think about how this would affect Wisconsin,…

3 weeks ago

The Echo Chamber of Stupid: “Recession since 2022”

Daniel Lacalle via Zerohedge writes Professors EJ Antony and Peter St Onge recently published an excellent study, “Recession Since 2022:…

3 weeks ago

Instantaneous Consumer Inflation in October

Including HICP and nowcasted PCE deflator. Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation per Eeckhout (2023) for CPI (blue), chained CPI (red), HICP…

3 weeks ago

QCEW Employment Change Y/Y to June 2024

The percentage change is less than that for the CES estimate. Does this mean there are a lot fewer people…

3 weeks ago

When You Hear a Critique of Mainstream Economists (from Someone Who Doesn’t Know What “Mainstream” Economists Do), Run

“Trumpflation” Risks Likely Overstated by Lance Roberts via Zerohedge: The question is whether policies being considered by the next Presidential…

4 weeks ago

Russia: Policy Rate at 21%, Official Inflation Rate at 10% (m/m annualized)

Locking up the butter in Russia (CNN). Official inflation in October was 0.8% m/m (annualize that and it’s about 10%.…

4 weeks ago

Natural (but Stupid) Experiments? | Econbrowser

Since the incoming administration has indicated the deportations will start on day one, I thought it of use to consider…

4 weeks ago

Guest Contribution: “How Institutions Interact with Exchange Rates After the 2024 US Presidential Election: New High-Frequency Evidence”

Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Joshua Aizenman (University of Southern California) and Jamel Saadaoui (Université Paris…

4 weeks ago

The Return of Economic Policy Uncertainty

Not that it ever disappeared completely. But expect the EPU to rise as the tariffs start flying, and the deportations…

4 weeks ago

Wisconsin Employment Rises in October

NFP and private NFP up (although below recent peaks), while civilian employment rises. Figure 1: Wisconsin Nonfarm Payroll Employment (dark…

1 month ago