Heritage’s EJ Antoni on “Cleaning House” at the Fed
[ad_1] EJ Antoni today: “I think Trump is really holding a grudge, and rightly so” noted Antoni, “I’m not sure that there’s anything Trump can
Economic Confidence in the Future Declines
[ad_1] January Conference Board confidence index comes in at 104.1 vs. 105.7 Bloomberg consensus, down from 109.5 in December. A 5.4 point decline is about
How Much Does Undocument Immigration Push Down Wages of Native Born Workers
[ad_1] Mr. Bruce Hall quotes from Avila in a FRB Cleveland note: People working part-time who would prefer to be working full-time comprise a large
Egg Prices and Egg Contracts for Difference
[ad_1] Egg prices and price index through December, egg CFDs through January. Figure 1: Top panel, Contract for Difference for eggs; middle panel, PPI for
If Avian Flu Hits Chicken Flocks, and the CDC Is Muted, Will That Reduce Egg Prices?
[ad_1] Also, if egg prices are not reported, will higher egg prices matter? From Fox5 Atlanta: The Trump Administration has frozen many federal health agencies’ communications
Forecasts: WSJ vs. CBO vs. Biden Troika vs. IMF
[ad_1] A comparison: Figure 1: GDP (bold black), WSJ January survey mean (red), CBO January projection (light blue), Biden administration (light green), IMF WEO January
Macroeconomic Policy Lecture 1 – Graphs for 2025
[ad_1] Started teaching on Wednesday. Here’re some graphs in the intro lecture on macro policy (now that content is gated, and only accessible to students).
Will the MacIver Institute Issue a Retraction to “Evers’ Economy Is a Soviet Dream”
[ad_1] Now that December numbers (released by DWD today) destroy the thesis that half of year-to-date cumulative employment is accounted for by government jobs? Here’s
Why The MacIver Institute Should Be Charged with Data Abuse
[ad_1] In “The Evers Economy Is a Soviet Dream”, Michael Lucas writes: Believe it or not, the data show that a huge share of the
Productivity, Demand and Manufacturing Employment
[ad_1] Is the decline in manufacturing employment due to trade competition? Insights from a decomposition. Figure 1: Employment change from 1997Q1 (black line), change attributable