Economy

What Does the Term Spread Predict? IP, GDP, Coincident Index?

It’s commonplace to correlate term spreads with future economic activity measured one way or thSo, while other. Recessions in the…

1 month ago

Business Cycle Indicators – Mid-November

Industrial and manufacturing production down at consensus rate (-0.3% m/m for both). Core retail sales +0.1% vs. consensus +0.3% m/m.…

1 month ago

Instantaneous Inflation Rates | Econbrowser

PPI and core PPI y/y slightly above consensus: Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation (T=12, a=4) for CPI (bold blue), PCE deflator…

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Instantaneous Core Inflation: Various Measures

Core up, but supercore down: Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation for core CPI (blue), chained core CPI (tan), supercore CPI (pink), services…

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Further Dollar Appreciation: Implications | Econbrowser

What else would one expect from expectations of expanded budget deficits, higher incipient inflation in the context of a Taylor…

1 month ago

Did the Trade Balance Improve with Tariffs? Did Imports Fall? Did Ag Exports Rise?

Answers: No. No. No. Figure 1: Net exports in bn.Ch.2017$ SAAR (blue, left scale), nominal as share of GDP (tan,…

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Analyses on the Impacts of Trump’s Proposed Ultimate Solution

Given the results of the election, and Mr. Trump’s statement that deportations will start immediately, there will be a need…

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Debt-to-GDP under Trump 1.0 | Econbrowser

A reminder, so when next you hear about fiscal restraint. Figure 1: Debt held by the public as share of…

1 month ago

“The Recession of 2025 Will Be Backdated” to 2022

Thet’s  Jeffrey Tucker in the Epoch Times via ZeroHedge. It’s a reasonable supposition that a recession will become obvious to…

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Inflation Breakevens, Term Spreads Up pre-FOMC

As of yesterday COB: Figure 1: Ten year breakeven (blue), five year breakeven (red), in %. Source: Treasury via FRED.…

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