Posted by Ezra Klein at 03:35 PM ET, 06/11/2012 On Friday, I ran some numbers on public-sector employment: Since Obama was elected, the public sector…
“Negative equity is typically a demand-side obstacle to sales and refinances, but currently is also restricting the supply of homes for sale,” Khater said. In…
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Fiscal Policy: Kind of a Drag
by CalculatedRisk on 1/10/2012 04:54:00 PM
Cardiff Garcia at the Financial Times Alphaville has posted a new graph from economist Alec Phillips of Goldman Sachs: Fiscal flailing, continued
CR …
November U.S. Manufacturing PMI Up, Europe And China PMI Down
by: John Helzer December 1, 2011
Today we had two important concurrent economic indicators released. China’s Manufacturing PMI – two versions (HSBC-47.7 and Official-49.0) and US Manufa…
Apparently the MBAss (Mortgage Bankers Association) didn’t like the fact that someone in the financial blogo-wackosphere actually had the temerity to make use of real,…
Mike Shedlock, in a massive missive, found here:
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/09/bernankes-waterloo-midst-of.
html
…presents a pretty compelling case for why deflation continues to scroom us all–notwithstanding the shrieking by …
Heh, to paraphrase and hopelessly twist Robeert Duvall’s famous line in the movie “Apocalypse Now”, the chart below smells like “victory” for the “The Great Disintegration” I was sure was taking place three years ago–then was just as sure was stopped …
Sunday, July 17, 2011
U.S. Government Receipts as Percent of GDP
by CalculatedRisk
on 7/17/2011 05:05:00 PM
Several readers have asked me for source data on U.S. government receipts and outlays. I’ve also been asked if receipts are really near a re…
This post is an abridged excerpt from the June 16 Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition Treasury update. Click here to try the service risk free…
Mother Jones has 11 charts that explain everything that’s wrong with America…
How Rich Are the Superrich?
A huge share of the nation’s economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of one percent, who now make an avera…