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Ukraine Military SitRep Sept 8th

From ISW, as of 9:30pm ET 9/8 (in reply to queries):

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This entry was posted on September 9, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

Nearly 45 Years of the Chinese Yuan Exchange Rate

Official vs. effective, real vs. nominal, bilateral vs. multilateral.

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This entry was posted on September 8, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

The EIA and Futures Outlook for Oil Prices

From the EIA’s Short Term Economic Outlook:

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This entry was posted on September 8, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

Inflation Breakevens: Common and Uncommon Shocks

Assuming unadjusted nominal-real yields are a good indicator of inflation expectations (see yesterday’s post for why maybe not), it’s interesting to see how market based inflation expectations have moved over the recent past (pre-today’s ECB decision):

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This entry was posted on September 8, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

Market Based Expectations of Five Year Ahead Inflation

It might be misleading to rely to heavily on simple inflation break even calculations, which show inflation over the next five years lower today than they were on the even of the expanded Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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This entry was posted on September 7, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

Data Compendium, Updated

Another update of The Data Will Set You Free , so you won’t go around quoting Zerohedge.

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This entry was posted on September 7, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

Euro Area GDP Nowcasts, Pre-NordStream Indefinite Shutdown

Natural gas futures surge as Gazprom announces shutdown. What were nowcasts indicating before this announcement? Nowcasts from Banca d’Italia via CEPR, Cascaldi-Garcia et al., and Woloszko/OECD.

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This entry was posted on September 6, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

Prediction Markets on Wisconsin Races

From PredictIt today:

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This entry was posted on September 6, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

The Hit to the Russian Economy, Internally Assessed

From Bloomberg “Russia Privately Warns of Deep and Prolonged Economic Damage”:

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This entry was posted on September 5, 2022 by Menzie Chinn.

Weekly Economic Activity thru August 27

New OECD Weekly Tracker index  (Woloszko/OECD) is out. Here’s the resulting picture:

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This entry was posted on September 5, 2022 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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