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Business Cycle Indicators including Monthly GDP

Monthly GDP, as estimated by SPGMI (formerly IHS Markit/Macroeconomic Advisers) drops 0.5% m/m (-6.3% annualized!)

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This entry was posted on December 4, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Guest Contribution: “Long-term yields, the term premium and US monetary policy”

Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Kevin Pallara, Luca Rossi, and Fabrizio Venditti of the Bank of Italy. The views presented in this note represent those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Italy or the ESCB.


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This entry was posted on December 4, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

The Foreign Born Labor Force

and wages in food processing:

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This entry was posted on December 4, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Russia Invasion Skeptics on the Eve of the War

Good to remember, as we come up to Russian expanded invasion +2 years. Reader JohnH (February 16th, less than a week before the “Special Military Operation”‘s commencement, ridiculing the thought that Russia was embark on further aggression:

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This entry was posted on December 2, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Year-on-Year PCE Price Inflation and Some Trend Measures

Instantaneous, instantaneous core, and trimmed mean m/m.

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This entry was posted on December 1, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

A Decomposition of Per Unit Price Inflation in Nonfinancial Corporate Sector, through 2023Q3

For nonfinancial corporate business sector, using price per unit real gross value added.

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This entry was posted on November 30, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Business Cycle Indicators as of End-November

On the last day of the month, we see m/m personal income and consumption coming out at consensus. Here’s the picture of the key indicators followed by the NBER BCDC (of which personal income ex transfers and employment are key), along with SPGMI’s monthly GDP.

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This entry was posted on November 30, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Sentiment down 46%, Confidence down 25% Relative to Pandemic Eve

And sentiment down 21% relative to Biden’s start, confidence up 13%.

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This entry was posted on November 29, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Investment in Manufacturing Structures in Q3

Growth continues.

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This entry was posted on November 29, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Q3 Output, 2nd release

GDP up, but GDO growing slower than GDP.

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This entry was posted on November 29, 2023 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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