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EPA report on boutique fuels

There is a curious difference between the EPA report on boutique fuels that was actually released by the EPA and the account in the mainstream press.

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This entry was posted on June 24, 2006 by James_Hamilton.

Measuring the import component of U.S. exports

In order to export in a competitive market, we need to import

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This entry was posted on June 22, 2006 by Menzie Chinn.

Oil market predictions

Cambridge Energy Research Associates seems to be substantially less optimistic than they were a year ago.

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This entry was posted on June 21, 2006 by James_Hamilton.

Some Iraq cost metrics on a one year anniversary

Evaluating the costs one year after Cheney’s prediction of “the last throes …of the insurgency”

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This entry was posted on June 20, 2006 by Menzie Chinn.

Inflation and the Fed

Certainly the recent inflation data have been– Dave Altig says
insert something negative here, so I’ll just say “unwelcome”. But when Fed Chair Ben Bernanke declared that’s exactly the way he sees it, too, markets stood up and took notice. Let’s review some of the dramatic market adjustments that have occurred since Bernanke’s June 5 remarks.

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This entry was posted on June 18, 2006 by James_Hamilton.

New Direction for America

The Democrats call it a New Direction for America. But to me, it looks like the same old same old.

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This entry was posted on June 17, 2006 by James_Hamilton.

The 2006q1 Current Account figures

Upside surprises. Will they continue?

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This entry was posted on June 16, 2006 by Menzie Chinn.

What happens to the dollar when interest rates stop rising?

Further predictions of secular dollar weakness, from a portfolio balance perspective

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This entry was posted on June 15, 2006 by Menzie Chinn.

Oil supply and demand

Five weeks ago, I wondered whether oil prices might have peaked at $75 a barrel. Time to take a look at some of the data that have come in since then.

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This entry was posted on June 14, 2006 by James_Hamilton.

The economic impact of a disruption to container trade

Congress acts — to cut funds for port security

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This entry was posted on June 13, 2006 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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