Economics Roundtable
The Problem - II
Calculated Risk adds the the clearest picture of the housing tailspin.
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The Problem - I
Calculated Risk has the clearest picture of the problem we face.
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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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I have to admit that I did something of a double take when I saw this from George Soros:
Regulators have abandoned their duty by letting markets regulate themselves. It's because a market fundamentalist ideology has come to dominate the behaviour of market participants and market regulatorsover the past ...
Nigel Lawson's new book on global warming gets a great couple of write ups. The biggest concern is probably that what the science and the scientists are saying seems not to be what the politicians are listening to.
It's only April and already we have a ...
86. "We should extradite any citizen accused of crimes by overseas prosecutors."
The readiness of British governments to act at the behest of overseas prosecutors has been a disturbing development. It has included extradition to face trial abroad for actions done in the UK which are not criminal here. ...
The ASI's annual bloggers event is coming up next week, on Wednesday 16th April. This year's theme is is 'Curbing the crap artists'. Guido Fawkes will tell us what to do with crap politicians, Tim Worstall will dish the dirt on crap journalists, and Samizdata's Perry de Havilland will ...
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That American recession/depression. You know, it looks like the falling dollar is boosting exports, curbing imports and taking up the slack. Just like, umm, economic theory would predict.
The most important question in climate change science is, what is climate sensitivity? As several ...
Gordon Brown, our increasingly beleaguered prime minister, seems to have a rebellion on his hands over the abolition of the 10 percent starting rate of income tax.
When he announced the measure in his final budget as chancellor hardly anyone on the Labour benches noticed, so bowled over ...