Is it just me? I’ve tried 3 browsers and my iphone…
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Corey Lewandowski: “Fed is … a rogue agency”
That’s from a remarkable op-ed in The Hill by Corey Lewandowski. He also writes:
Guest Contribution: “Modeling Time-Variation Over the Business Cycle (1960-2017): An International Perspective”
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Enrique Martínez-García (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas), based on his forthcoming article in Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics. The views expressed here are those solely of the author and do not reflect those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas or the Federal Reserve System.
Guest Contribution: “China’s Q3 GDP Reportedly Slowed to 6.5%. Or Is It 6.4%?”
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.
Q3 Chinese Growth
Private Nonfarm Payroll Employment Growth in US and Wisconsin (Not Pretty!)
Figure 1: US private nonfarm payroll employment (dark blue), and Wisconsin (red), both in logs, normalized to 2017M01. Source: BLS, DWD, author’s calculations.
Wisconsin Labor Force, Civilian, Total and Private Nonfarm Payroll Employment All Decline
August total NFP and private NFP also revised downward.
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Guest Contribution: “The role of debt dynamics in US household consumption”
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Vincent Grossmann-Wirth and Clément Marsilli (Banque de France) summarizing their chapter in the book International Macroeconomics in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis edited by L. Ferrara, I. Hernando and D. Marconi. The views expressed here are those solely of the authors and do not reflect those of their respective institutions.
The Fed: Drumpffeind
So sayeth Donald Trump today. From FoxBusiness:
“My biggest threat is the Fed,” Trump said on Tuesday during an interview with FOX Business’ Trish Regan. “Because the Fed is raising rates too fast, and it’s too independent,” he complained.