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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Outside the Beltway
Matthew Yglesias tweets that “Bryan Caplan holds some impressively extreme views.”
Figuring that the accompanying link was to an example of an academic economist making a purely academic argument, I instead ...
Responding the near-collapse of the Greek economy, forestalled only by a massive bailout from their brethren, the EU’s finance ministers agreed this morning to submit the outlines of their budget plans for approval by the European ...
There’s some true silliness this week from The New York Times’ Paul Krugman, who, in his most recent column, 1938 in 2010, makes this rather bizarre point:
In short, welcome to 1938.
The story of 1937, of F.D.R.’s ...
With 59 days left until Election Day, Democrats are finding that they have few options and little time when it comes to dealing with the issue on the top of voter’s minds:
WASHINGTON — Democrats are entering the fall sprint to the midterm elections lacking a unifying message to ...
The Wall Street analysts are calling this morning’s August unemployment report “better than expected,” but in reality it’s just a repeat of the same anemic cycle we’ve been stuck in all summer:
With the American economic recovery ...
The guys at Bankrupting America paid a visit to last Saturday’s Glenn Beck “Restoring Honor” rally and decided to quiz some attendees on their knowledge of which President was responsible for which outrageous spending program:
Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, generated quite the buzz with his proclamation last week that, “The most significant threat to our national security is ...
The FOX headline “CBO: Eight Years of Iraq War Cost Less Than Stimulus Act” is causing the desired splash.
As President Obama prepares to tie a bow ...
Among the “overlooked” stories covered by The Blaze on its first day in action is “Airlines Return to Profits,” a story which otherwise would only have been seen by those ...
The head of the Department of Housing And Urban Development said today that there is no final decision on bringing back the so-called Homebuyer Tax Credit:
The Obama administration has not decided whether it should resurrect a ...