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Guest Contribution: “The Lesson from George H.W. Bush’s Tax Reversal”
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 appeared in Project Syndicate on December 10th.
Farm PPI and Prospects for the Farm Sector
The PPI for farm products was released yesterday.
Guest Contribution: “Monetary Policy under Data Uncertainty”
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution by Saiah Lee, Ph.D. candidate in economics at UW Madison.
History, Facts, All that Jazz
Bruce Hall writes:
…the oil “shortage” crises in the U.S. was pretty much a political phenomenon of the West supporting Israel during the 1967 war (which party was in power then?) and being boycotted by the Arab countries.
Individual 1 Provides More Event Study Data
Here is a time series of PredictIt’s odds for a government closure per OMB at noon, 24 December 2018. Red line at WH meeting.
Jeffrey Frankel: “Gopinath follows Obstfeld at the IMF, in a great tradition”
Maury Obstfeld this month completes his exemplary term as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund. His departing economic outlook foresees slowing growth in the world economy in 2019 and 2020.
Wisconsin in Washington (the College Fed Challenge)
The University of Wisconsin’s Department of Economics was represented at the Federal Reserve System’s national Fed Challenge competition, this last Thursday. Wisconsin participated, after prevailing in the Chicago region’s competition.
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Introducing DBnomics
Researchers have long relied upon the St. Louis Fed’s FRED and ALFRED databases for (primarily) US series. Now, Banque de France, CEPREMAP and France Stratégie have launched a new free database of international macro data, DBnomics.
When Can We Stop Winning? Midwest Ag Edition
“I’ve never seen things this bad,” Altom said. “I know several farmers who hired lawyers, to see if they can sue over the [soybean and corn storage] pricing and fees issues.”