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Business Cycle Indicators, Mid-June

With industrial production coming in, we have the following picture of some key business cycle indicators followed by the NBER BCDC. Also included is GDPNow as of today.

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This entry was posted on June 15, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Term Spread Inversion and Non-Inversions

The 10yr-3mo term spread is remarkably synchronized for some large advanced economies.

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This entry was posted on June 14, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

US-Euro Area Price Level and Inflation Differentials: I(0), I(1), Segmented Trends?

Do you calculate inflation differentials using … inflation or price levels? Follow up on this debate from a bit over a year ago.

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This entry was posted on June 14, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

The Labor Market – Bargaining Power, Wages, Inflation

From WPR yesterday, UW Madison experts:

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This entry was posted on June 13, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects, June 2023

The world economy still “in a precarious state”. The comprehensive analysis, written by the team headed by Ayhan Kose, is here.

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This entry was posted on June 13, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

May 2023 Inflation: Various Measures, Horizons

Headline m/m +0.1% vs. +0.2% Bloomberg consensus, core at +0.4% at consensus. Here are several measures on a month to month basis (annualized).

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This entry was posted on June 13, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

FT-Booth School June Survey of Macroeconomists: Recession Start in 2024

2023 q4/q4 growth relatively unchanged. Modal guess for recession start date moved to 2024Q1-Q2 (survey results here; FT article).

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This entry was posted on June 12, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Almost Three Quarters of a Century of the Plain Vanilla Term Spread Recession Model

If you were interested.

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This entry was posted on June 12, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Plain Vanilla Term Spread Model Based Recession Probabilities

Here is a picture of recession probabilities from probit regressions on 10yr-3mo and 10yr-2yr term spreads, in light of Cam Harvey’s updated views.

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This entry was posted on June 12, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

The Wisconsin Economic Outlook: Downturn Delayed (but Not Erased)

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s Economic Outlook May forecast came out yesterday. As the US outlook (from S&P Global Market Insights, formerly Macroeconomic Advisers and IHS Markit) has improved, so too has that of Wisconsin.

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This entry was posted on June 10, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

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

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