Chairman Casey, Vice Chairman Brady, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the economic outlook and economic policy. Economic growth…
Here’s the bulk of the Fed’s press release with my comments and bolded sections. Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggest overall economic activity…
WASHINGTON — The odds surely increased Friday that the Federal Reserve will ride again to the rescue of the faltering economic recovery, making borrowing a…
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia today released the leading indexes for the 50 states for April 2012. The leading indexes are a six-month forecast…
US Stocks Decline On Eve Of Friday Jobs Report; Nonmanufacturing Activity Weak – Wall Street Journal
Kansas City StarUS Stocks Decline On Eve Of Friday Jobs Report; Nonmanufacturing Activity WeakWall Street JournalBy Matt Jarzemsky Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Stock investors treaded cautiously a day before the government's employm…
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Peak Oil and Peak Credit do not exist in a vacuum; they’re why we have Peak GDP, Peak Dow and Peak Income.
You don’t get Peak Oil and cheap abundance in everything else: you get Peak X, Y and Z, for example Peak Oil, Peak Dow and Peak GDP. Peaks …
It’s not just gasoline consumption that’s declining–petroleum and electricity consumption are also dropping. Is that indicative of economic growth?
A number of readers kindly forwarded additional data sources to me as followup on last week’s en…
Forget inflation: Is deflation the real threat?
By John Waggoner, USA TODAY
Updated 17h 35m ago Comments
But a growing number of economists and money managers are starting to worry about the opposite of inflation: deflation, a period of falling price…
The Growth of Degrowth Economics
Degrowth theory, whose supporters push policies to reduce economic activity and end our obsession with GDP, is gaining momentum in Europe and Canada. Will the movement reach U.S. soil?
What if we promoted policies …
