Economics Roundtable
The Problem - I
Calculated Risk has the clearest picture of the problem we face.
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The Problem - II
Calculated Risk adds the the clearest picture of the housing tailspin.
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Special Topic 8/4/10
This week, the Roundtable will feature a special listing for reaction to the payroll employment figures from ADP on Wednesday and the BLS on Friday.
ADP: +42,000
BLS: -131,000/+71,000
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Special Topics 6/28/10
This week, the Roundtable will feature special listings for reaction to Wednesday's
CBO budget projections and the
payroll employment figures
from ADP on Wednesday and the BLS on Friday.
ADP: +13,000
BLS: -125,000/+83,000
CBO: Take your pick.
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Current Economic Conditions 6/5/10
James Hamilton summarizes the situation.
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Environmental Economics
"Economists on Environmental and Natural Resources: News, Opinion, and Analysis”
The booming Chinese clean energy sector, now more than a million jobs strong, is quickly coming to dominate the production of technologies essential to slowing global warming and other forms of air pollution. ...
From the inbox (bold text added):
To all our loyal alumni and friends:
I held a press conference today announcing that June 30, 2011 will be my last day as President of the University of Kentucky.
This is a very difficult decision for Patsy and me. This University is ...
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Here's my argument in a nutshell.
Consider the following two statements:
As ...From the inbox (9/2):
NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 5,130 square miles of Gulf waters stretching from the far eastern coast of Louisiana, through Mississippi, Alabama, and the western Florida panhandle. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, ...
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HT: Dave Warren via FB
A sun-kissed, low-cost afternoon lured boaters, cyclists, golfers and runners to Triad parks yesterday.
The uncertainty over Hurricane ...
First there was the discovery of dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, but now salvage divers have recovered what they believe to be the world's oldest beer, taking advertisers' notion of 'drinkability' to another level.
Though the effort to lift the reserve of champagne had just ended, ...
I know I'm in Memorial Stadium to cover an Indiana University football game. I know that. There's a game going on right now. Trust me.
Indiana is playing a team called Tow Truck. No, wait, Towson. It's midway through the fourth quarter: Indiana 51, Towson 17. (That would be the ...
Residents and officials of North Carolina's barrier islands are beginning to assess how much damage the storm's wind and waves left. There's minor flooding in several coastal counties, and hundreds were without power. But the storm was far more tame than feared. ...
Sustained winds at the core of Earl were ...