President Trump tweeted on Christmas Eve that he was “all alone (poor me).” It was a sentiment with which Fed Chairman Jerome Powell could sympathize.
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The outlook for growth in employment and corporate earnings over the next few years is headed down.
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Workers Return, Oldsters Retire, and the Jobless Rate Continues to Fall.
What did We Learn from Recent Monetary Policy Performance?
A growing chorus of commentators are now issuing warnings about additional Fed tightening in light of the flattening Treasury yield curve. Despite clear evidence that job growth in the U.S. […]
The slope of the yield curve and lessons from recent history
Faster Growth, More Wage Income and Better Data Provision
Once a year we get a slew of news about U.S. economic performance, when the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) provides both its initial estimate for recent economic […]
A higher loyalty
A Chat with Floyd Norris
Lord make be pure, but not until 2020
CBO: The dog that didn’t bark, for now
What will the FOMC be discussing next December?
Jobs and Inflation, Dec. 2017
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