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Fix the National Debt (Without a Magic Wand)

A simulation from the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget.

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This entry was posted on June 20, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Guest Contribution: “Seeking Sustainability in U.S. Debt”

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 at Project Syndicate. 


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This entry was posted on June 20, 2023 by Menzie Chinn.

Term Spreads for Country Groupings

US, Rest-of-Advanced, Emerging Markets, follow up on individual countries’ term spreads in yesterday’s post.

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

Further Thoughts on the Labor Market Collapse of 2022H1 (aka the Kopits Thesis)

Mr. Steven Kopits asserted that the Philadelphia Fed’s early preliminary benchmark supported a recession in 2022H1, to wit:

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

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.

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

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