If one uses a simple random walk with drift estimate over the 2022Q1-2025Q3 period, the answer is yes. However, given the Administration’s internment and removals program, the current projection of population suggests not.
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Jet fuel price, from EIA via FRED:
The Troika Economic Forecast under Vought-Miran-Bessent
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Manufacturing Employment and Hours
ADP down while BLS up. Aggregate hours down.
First Readings on March Data, and Business Cycle Indicators
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Nowcast, Tracking of Private Domestic Final Demand (aka “core GDP”)
From Atlanta Fed and Goldman Sachs, today:
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Famous Last Words: “get your own oil”
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