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Signal or Noise: Imports of Computers, Related Goods and Semiconductors

From BEA:

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This entry was posted on July 9, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

US Recession Risk Dashboard

From Francesco Furno and Domenico Giannone, continuously updated risk assessment, at https://recessionrisk.com/ (discussed previously in this post).

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This entry was posted on July 6, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Canadian Tory Recession Call: Beware the Revisions!

From today’s Daily Commercial News,

“A recession has been often defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, and so on that definition, Canada is in a recession,” [Michael] Chong said.

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This entry was posted on July 6, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

US Dollar Reserves, US-Iran War +1 Month

From IMF’s COFER:

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This entry was posted on July 5, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Visualizing Trump’s Planned EEOB

For those who once worked there:

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This entry was posted on July 5, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Current Betting on Re-Opening by 9/1

As of 12:30PM CT on Kalshi:

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This entry was posted on July 5, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Canadian GDP, NFP Recovers

Here’re quarterly and monthly GDP, normalized to October 2025:

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This entry was posted on July 4, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

The AI Boom: Keep a Watch on (Computer) Imports

Pawel Skrzypczinski admonishes us, and correctly so. Computer, peripheral and part imports surging for now. In 2000, imports peaked a quarter efore investment did.

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This entry was posted on July 4, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

CoRev on Global Climate Change: Might As Well “Lie Back and Enjoy It”

From CoRev comment on global climate change as measured by temperatures:

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This entry was posted on July 4, 2026 by Menzie Chinn.

Imagine: AI Investment Spending Following Dot-Com Boom?

I have no particular expertise in this subject, aside from being around during the dot-com boom (and being a contributor to ERP 2001). Once dot-com related equity prices declined, investment dried up. Bloomberg’s Mag-7 index is now 12.2% below the May 29 peak.

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This entry was posted on July 3, 2026 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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