…the course of the pandemic, it will be worthwhile to look at the short and long leading indicators again to see what the economy is likely to look like thereafter….

…spending falls. So it’s useful to look at the ratio of overall government expenditure to potential GDP — what the economy would be producing if it were at full employment;…

Angry Bear to have new look and more resources for readers Sometime later in the next month Angry Bear will have a new look to offer to readers as we…

…with those kinds of events. We look at recessions associated with fiscal contractions. We look at recessions associated with credit contractions. Separately, I have looked at declines and output associated…

It is good to look back at the 1980 recession and analyze what happened. First, the recession officially started in July of 1980. Be that as it may, the business…

Scenes from the September jobs report: a look at leading indicators  – by New Deal democrat Today is a holiday, so no new economic news. So let’s take a look…

(Dan here…lifted from Robert’s Stochastic Thoughts) by Robert Waldmann The optics are as bad as they look Dean “The Optics aren’t as bad as they look” Baquet just confirmed that…

A detailed look at Industrial Production during this expansion In the past week there’s been a little highbrow relitigation of the drivers of the “Great Recession” between Paul Krugman and…

…a look. Here is a graph of current expenditures that took place in the years of the current century. First observation is that anon’s math isn’t very good. Current expenditures…

Existing home sales and prices decline; plus, a closer look at multi-unit housing construction  – by New Deal democrat I will keep my comments on December existing home sales and…