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Industrial Production

…difference this cycle is how small the drop in capacity utilization at the crude level has been. This stem from the growing role of energy production in the industrial production…

Obama’s Cabinet

…was expecting David Addington) Treasury Douglas Holtz-Eakin HHS Charles Krauthammer MD Intelligence Director Steve Clemons Labor Mark Penn Interior Ralph Nader Energy Sarah Palin Commerce Glenn Hubbard Vetarans Saxby Chambliss…

RETAIL SALES

…weighted very differently then domestic production or consumption deflators. Over half of imports are agricultural and industrial raw materials, including energy. Final products such as capital goods, autos and other…

The real market incentives

…push strategies that save energy, strategies that do not pollute in the first place. A new study, McKinsey proposes some projections on how an energy plan could reduce CO2 emissions…

Telecommuting solves GW…

…greatest number of days. • Percent Who Could Work At Home = 40% CEA Energy & Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact – page 47. Matthews and Williams (2005) estimate that information…

The Price of Gas will soon be $1.50, right?

This will teach them, right? H.R. 6377 directs CFTC to use all its authority, including its emergency powers, immediately to curb the role of excessive speculation in the energy and…

After the Recession: What then?

…$60. Other energy sources may be in the pipeline; but none will arrive soon enough to drive the price of energy low enough to pull us out of a recession….

Inflation Targets and Rewriting History

…there appeared to be an alternative instrument for dealing with inflation: direct controls on prices and wages. The 1970s really was a different world in terms of the understanding of…