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The Term Spread and the Case of the Missing 2024 Recession

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The abstract of a new paper coauthored with Laurent Ferrara, “Missing Recessions: Revisiting the Term Spread’s Predictive Power”:

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This entry was posted on October 17, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Business Cycle Indicators: Industrial Production Up, Retail Sales Flattish

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and Monthly GDP for August, manufacturing production. First, NBER BCDC indicators:

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This entry was posted on October 16, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

The Cost of Living and Wages

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Here are several price indicators for consumers:

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This entry was posted on October 15, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Inflation Upside Surprise

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September CPI registered upside surprise:

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This entry was posted on October 14, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Steve Kamin: Tales from the Dollar-Yield Curve Nexus

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From Steve Kamin:

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This entry was posted on October 13, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

The 2026 economic sciences laureates

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From the Sveriges Riksbank:

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This entry was posted on October 12, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Judy Shelton @ Treasury

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From Bloomberg:

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This entry was posted on October 9, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

U.Mich. Sentiment Down (Again)

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Preliminary at 46.3 < 47.5 Bloomberg consensus with expectations above consensus, and current conditions below. Here’s a picture of indicators, using the Cummings-Tedeschi adjusted U.Michigan series (all series standardized):

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This entry was posted on October 9, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Reconciling AI Expected Revenues to CapEx

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Jared Bernstein, along with others, calculates the revenues needed to rationalize the AI capital investment in place and planned.

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This entry was posted on October 6, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Mr. Trump on the US-Iran War

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Speaking at a rally in Nebraska (NYT), regarding the Iranians:

“They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take — Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.”

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This entry was posted on October 6, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

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James D. Hamilton is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego

Menzie Chinn is Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

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