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Legislative Fiscal Bureau (Aug 2017): “August 2017 Special Session Assembly Bill 1: Foxconn/Fiserv Legislation”

Here’s the entire Legislative Fiscal Bureau document on Foxconn (since links to original site do not work in my previous post “Wisconsin FoxConned by Walker et al.”:

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This entry was posted on May 9, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Russia Slows, Struggles to Supply the War Effort

From BOFIT:

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This entry was posted on May 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Brad Setser: “Power and Financial Interdependence”

New Ifri paper:

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This entry was posted on May 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Wisconsin FoxConned by Walker et al.

On the day in which President Biden announced the repurposing of the site that was to be Foxconn’s, I reprint this 2017 assessment.


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This entry was posted on May 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

May 2024 Short Term Energy Outlook: WTI, gasoline prices

From EIA (May 7, 2024):

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This entry was posted on May 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

The Wisconsin Macroeconomy: Latest Available Readings

Some data, as President Biden visits (CNN):

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This entry was posted on May 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Tracking Wisconsin Manufacturing: Did Tariffs Help?

In a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article (via Pulitzer) Rick Barrett notes “Manufacturing is coming home” to Wisconsin. Does the data support this?

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This entry was posted on May 7, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

“Der Dollar bleibt König”

From FAZ:

Der Euro und der Renminbi können in ihrer internationalen Bedeutung nicht mit dem Dollar wetteifern. Die amerikanische Währung bleibt an den Finanzmärkten der Maßstab.

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This entry was posted on May 7, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Some Textbooks

Public Service Announcement, for those who wish to talk intelligently about macro, instead of ranting. Here’s what I use (in response to Steven Kopits asking “What the he** do you teach your students, Menzie”). The following are free use, or older editions that have been superseded by newer.

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This entry was posted on May 7, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Consumer Price Index Manual

If you’re going to willy-nilly divide things by random deflators, maybe you should read this (free) manual first.

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This entry was posted on May 6, 2024 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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