Not quite in the spirit of the season, EJ Antoni on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):
“…for many of these people, [poverty]’s a choice!”
“Are there no workhouses?” 2025 Edition
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Author Archives: Menzie Chinn
Peer Reviewed Articles of Kevin Hassett on Monetary Policy
Following up on this post, what are the academic works of Kevin Hassett on monetary policy?
Consensus vs. ARIMA(1,1,1): ADP Private Nonfarm Payroll
Bloomberg consensus is +7K for ADP release.
Recession with Decreasing Employment and Increasing GDP?
Employment seems to be growing very slowly, if not shrinking, while output (measured with lots of noise) seems to be rising, into Q3. Would NBER ever determine a recession occurred when GDP was rising?
US Naval Deployment, December 1, 2025
From USNI:
Guest Contribution: “How will unsustainable US debt end?”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.* A shorter version was published by Project Syndicate.
Alles ist verloren…
一切都結束了, 所有都失去咗 or whatever language you want to put it in. Bloomberg: “Trump Says He Has Made His Choice to Lead the Federal Reserve”. As of 8pm CT today:
ADP Weekly Employment thru 11/8
From ADP via Paweł Skrzypczyński:
Private Credit, AI, and Financial Stability
Private credit, lending from nonbank financial intermediaries (NBFIs), has been on the rise:
Small Firm Employment Falls Again
Private NFP continues to be sustained by large firm hiring.