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“Are there no workhouses?” 2025 Edition

Not quite in the spirit of the season, EJ Antoni on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):

“…for many of these people, [poverty]’s a choice!”

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This entry was posted on December 2, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

Peer Reviewed Articles of Kevin Hassett on Monetary Policy

Following up on this post, what are the academic works of Kevin Hassett on monetary policy?

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This entry was posted on December 2, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

Consensus vs. ARIMA(1,1,1): ADP Private Nonfarm Payroll

Bloomberg consensus is +7K for ADP release.

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This entry was posted on December 2, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

Recession with Decreasing Employment and Increasing GDP?

Employment seems to be growing very slowly, if not shrinking, while output (measured with lots of noise) seems to be rising, into Q3. Would NBER ever determine a recession occurred when GDP was rising?

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This entry was posted on December 1, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

US Naval Deployment, December 1, 2025

From USNI:

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This entry was posted on December 1, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

Guest Contribution: “How will unsustainable US debt end?”

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 was published by Project Syndicate. 


 

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This entry was posted on December 1, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

Alles ist verloren…

一切都結束了,  所有都失去咗 or whatever language you want to put it in. Bloomberg: “Trump Says He Has Made His Choice to Lead the Federal Reserve”. As of 8pm CT today:

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This entry was posted on November 30, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

ADP Weekly Employment thru 11/8

From ADP via Paweł Skrzypczyński:

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This entry was posted on November 30, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

Private Credit, AI, and Financial Stability

Private credit, lending from nonbank financial intermediaries (NBFIs), has been on the rise:

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This entry was posted on November 30, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

Small Firm Employment Falls Again

Private NFP continues to be sustained by large firm hiring.

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This entry was posted on November 30, 2025 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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