Bruce Bartlett and Brad DeLong note that even the Washington Times is challenging the credibility of our Treasury Secretary: According to Mr. Snow’s own numbers, which Mr. Frank had to…

…742,000. Here is the close up since the end of July (for comparison, remember that these numbers were in the range of 5 to 7 million at their worst in…

…remember that these numbers were in the range of 5 to 7 million at their worst in early April): Unadjusted continuing claims (which lag initial claims typically by a few…

…told you that businesses are investing about $1 trillion a year more than the official numbers show? Or that the savings rate, far from being negative, is actually positive? Or,…

…In fact, it turned out to be $12.308 trillion – $372 billion higher. So let’s put these numbers together. We get $90 billion less than expected in tax revenues. We…

…wealth numbers from the Fed show that the tax cuts are working? Aren’t those wealth numbers, up $12 trillion since 2002, a 31% gain, the real saving rate for the…

…of government was set forth in The Federalist Papers numbers 78 through 83. Of those, 3 are not relevant to this discussion: Number 80, which deals with types of court…

The headline inflation numbers in the estimates of consumer and producer price inflation during September were pretty spectacular; in fact, yesterday’s PPI report showed a one-month increase in producer prices…

…the model based on personal income, as to which I am waiting for July’s numbers in two weeks, they all forecast a Biden win, albeit by a percentage that is…

Paul Krugman has read the paper by Katharine Bradbury and provides this summary of the debate: Some background: the unemployment rate is only one of several numbers economists use to…