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Economy
How’s Manufacturing Doing? | Econbrowser
Since “Liberation Day”, so-so: Figure 1: Manufacturing employment, production and nonsupervisory workers (blue), aggregate worker hours (green),…
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Economy
Trouble in Estimating Seasonals As a Reason for the Low NFP Growth?
NEC Director Hassett makes reference to a GS note that indicates that August preliminary figures typically get…
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Economy
“The data are pretty clear that we are not in a recession.”
If you think that’s Kevin Hassett opining, you’d be wrong. It’s actually CEA Chair Ed Lazear on May 8, 2008.…
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Economy
Why Did Mr. Trump Say before the Employment Release “the real numbers”…”will be in a year from now on”?
[source] Answer: Because, by virtue of the Executive Office of the President getting the release numbers the night before, he…
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Economy
Employment in the Context of Business Cycle Indicators
With NFP at +22K < +75K Bloomberg consensus (hinted at by Trump signaling “pay no heed to the numbers behind…
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Real Estate
A New Law Forces Landlords to Change Practices in Massachusetts. While Other States Join, Here’s How to Stay Compliant
In This Article Massachusetts is the latest state to enforce “junk fee” regulations. For landlords here, both large and small,…
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Lifestyle
5 Pieces I’m Excited to Wear This Fall
The other night, my kids and I were talking about our favorite seasons, and my answer was immediate: fall. I…
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Economy
Yield Curves over the Last Year
The yield curve at the short end is almost as inverted as it was in November 2024.…
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Economy
“How Tariffs are Affecting Wisconsin Economy”
WisPolitics Luncheon on 9/16, 11:30-1pm. Join WisPolitics and the Wisconsin Technology Council on Tuesday Sept. 16 for…
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Economy
The Employment Picture — Pre-August Release
JOLTS data indicates the vacancies to unemployed ratio has descended to unity. Figure 1: Top panel: Civilian employment (experimental series),…
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