No succor from the QCEW series that the Walker Administration previously touted [1]
Author Archives: Menzie Chinn
Wisconsin Forecasted to Lag Further Behind Minnesota
And Kansas travels its own path
“U.K. Wants EU to Block Russia From SWIFT Banking Network”
From Bloomberg::
The U.K. will press European Union leaders to consider blocking Russian access to the SWIFT banking transaction system under an expansion of sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine, a British government official said.
Russian Forces in Ukraine
Edit/update 8/30:
T72BM (only known to be in service in the Russian army) in Ukraine, 8/26. Source: IISS
Guest Contribution: “The Cause of Secular Stagnation? Relative Prices, Trade, and the People’s Republic of China”
Today we are fortunate to have a guest contribution written by Doug Campbell, assistant professor at the New Economic School (Moscow).
I Killed Some Brain Cells Today: Episode 2
“Energy regulation efficiency” and economic growth.
Last time, we turned to the Phoenix Institute for some mind-numbing, soul-killing “research”. Today we look to the Pacific Research Institute for some dumbfounding “analysis”.
New Quarterly Gross State Product Series: Wisconsin and Minnesota
The BEA has released a new quarterly Gross State Product (GSP) series for states — a tremendous innovation for those of us interested in tracking state economies.
Chinn-Ito Financial Openness Index Updated to 2012
The Chinn-Ito index revised and updated to 2012 is now available here.
(Not) The Leader of the Pack: Wisconsin and Her Neighbors
Today the Philadelphia Fed released coincident indices (measures of aggregate economic activity) for the states and the US. Wisconsin outperforms Kansas — a very low bar — and yet has lagged all her neighbors.
Wisconsin Employment Trends in Context
Following up on last Thursday’s post, here is a depiction of how Wisconsin and Kansas — ALEC darlings — fare against Minnesota and California.