When the Biden economic team members were announced, I wondered if there was any pattern to discern in the locus of Republican attacks. As far as I can tell, it’s not expertise, it’s not ideological bent, it’s not what school you went to. But here is a Venn diagram to help you identify what makes you a “no-go”.
Business Cycle Indicators as of December 1st
With the release of monthly GDP numbers, we have the following picture of some of the key indicators followed by NBER:
Guest Contribution: “You don’t miss international cooperation until it’s gone”
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 .
The New Economic Team?
As of 11/29. Can you tell a difference?
Trump’s Trade War by the NIPA Numbers
National Income and Product Accounts numbers that is.
Wisconsin Economic Activity in October
As measured by the Philadelphia Fed coincident index.
Business Cycle Indicators as of November 25th
With October personal income and September manufacturing and trade sales reported today, we have this picture of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee‘s key indicators:
Covid-19 Weekly Fatalities and Excess Fatalities, as of November 25
Fatalities are rising; CDC determined fatalities consistently below alternative estimates in recent weeks; excess fatalities are revised upward (a lot, again).
Stephen Moore: “Trump’s super recovery”
Title of an article a few days ago:
Wisconsin Employment Down
From Wisconsin DWD this afternoon:
[T]he data shows that Wisconsin total non-farm jobs decreased by 14,700 and 2,700 private-sector jobs in the month of October.
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for October was 5.7 percent, up from 5.4 percent in September.