Best simile ever for Trumpian trade policy. From UPI:
Additional Graphs for Econ 435 Lecture
In anticipation of Jim Hamilton‘s talk this Wednesday, I’m going to talk a little about recessions in today’s lecture. Here are some data to keep in mind:
Freight Shipping Growth and Recession Probability
Prob(recessiont) = -1.925 – 16.10 freightgrowtht + ut
McFadden R2 = 0.51 NObs = 235 (2000M01-2019M07). Coefficients significant at 5% msl bold.
Chinn-Ito Financial Openness Index, Updated to 2017
See the website for the data.
Five Observations on the Employment Release
1. The deceleration in employment growth is noticeable; 2. Taken with the preliminary benchmark revision, it’s possible employment growth deceleration is even more marked; 3. With accounting for temporary census workers, m/m growth is fairly anemic; 4. Nonetheless, latest vintages of key indicators suggest only a slowdown; 5. Manufacturing employment and hours (as well as production) still below peak.
The Politics and Policy of China
A Tenure-track Position at UW Madison
Guest Contribution: “A disaster under-(re)insurance puzzle: Home bias in disaster risk-bearing”
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written Hiro Ito (Portland State University) and Robert N. McCauley (formerly Bank for International Settlements). The views presented represent those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the institutions the authors are affilliated with.
“Predicting the Next Recession” with James Hamilton
I’ll be at this UW Dept of Economics event, in order to learn what awaits us all…
(Actually, it’s required attendance for my Financial System course.)
Registration information here.
Estimated Probability of Recession in August 2020 = 49% 51%
…using plain vanilla 10yr-3mo probit regression, over 1986M01-2019M08 period, using data shown below in Figure 1 [corrections to data, update results 9/5]
Wisconsin Civilian Labor Force Growth during the “Open for Business” Era
Remember February 2011, when Governor Walker declared this?