Trump used it. A reader wrote “A China virus is not racist, it’s placist.” My view is that since there was already a widely known term for the virus, it was unnecessary to resort to a made up moniker. Han, Riddell and Piquero (2023) examines what happened in the aftermath of the popularization of the term.
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Mass Shooting Correlates, through March 2023
Estimating through March 29, regressions of mass shooting casualties, and mass shooting events:
A Stryker Velocity Model
A two regime Markov switching model for the log of M2 velocity, 1959-2022, as suggested by Rick Stryker:
Deposits on the Move
Rashad Ahmed brings my attention to the following:
Oil Futures
Near month, over past two years:
For PubAffr819: What Not to Say as a Policy Analyst
(1) do not make absolutist statements without knowing the nature of the data; (2) Do not abuse statistical terminology; (3) do not assert a conspiracy is in place just because the data do not conform to your preferred narrative.
Economists in Favor of Banking Deregulation, 2017
Before the The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018, what economists/analysts were in support of a loosening of requirements.
How Have Market Expectations of the Fed Funds Path Changed?
Comparing CME implied Fed funds for the March 22 and May 3 meetings shows a downshift, which seems attributable to developments surrounding SVB.
Spreads and Risk/Uncertainty Measures post-Powell MPR and post-SVB
VIX and EPU up, inflation breakeven down, and term spreads diverge.
Russia: Waiting for Inflation?
I found this paragraph from a Re:Russia article of interest: