I suspect that most readers do not spend much time thinking about the practice of nepotism. In this article, I…
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The odds peaked using a standard spread model. Here is an updated assessment of recession probabilities (for the next 12…
Many media reports suggest that the Chinese economy is in the doldrums. Strong exports have helped China maintain a solid…
China’s quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year GDP is below consensus, +0.7% vs. +1.1% vs., +4.7% vs. +5.1% vs. (Bloomberg). Here are the…
Imagine you were born abroad but grew up in the United States. After graduating from college, you start looking for…
Russ Roberts: and his accession to the presidency. He is 28 years old. What is happening in the country that…
IPP is higher than consensus: Figure 1: Monthly PPI inflation (black), instantaneous PPI (blue), instantaneous core PPI (beige), for T=12,…
A report in the New Yorker (and discussed in a NPR Walk segment) deals with restaurant table reservations, showing how…
In addition to the CPI, we have the chained CPI, the employees CPI, the HICP, a nowcast for personal consumption…