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Setting Global Monetary Policy: 21st Century Snake Oil Salesmen? (Bonus Video)

This slightly irreverent article title is meant to ask the question of whether those tasked with deciding economic policy, and US policy in particular, actually have a strong handle on the how and why it will work as drawn up on the blackboard? Additionally do they have any inkling concerning what any of the unintended […]

Are these 27 statistics one-offs or combined signs of a gasping economy?

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There are any number of opinions on how the US economy is actually doing and if it’s heading in the right or wrong direction! Whether it’s statistics such as the labor force participation rate, mortgage originations, GDP growth or retail sales the combined evidence concerning economic strength is not particularly encouraging. Is it simply due to rough […]