…me: With this [Hotchkiss] study in mind, it is possible that this year’s unemployment rate could dip below 5 percent. While Mankiw and Kudlow often emphasize the unemployment rate, I…

…the 3-month T-bill rate minus the 3-month inflation rate in the core CPI. Aside from an unexpected dip early this year (most likely due to the spike in oil prices…

…does show overall R&D as a percent of GDP was rather respectable in the 1980’s followed by a dip in the early 1990’s. But other NSF data shows that nondefense…

…favorite bloggers. Normal posting should resume tomorrow. AB P.S. In the meantime, there’s this for your consideration: Is this the second dip? Recent economic numbers show contraction has already begun….

…for me: unless and until the Fed starts removing money from the system, I don’t think we’re going into a second dip. But given the Federal Government’s current policies, I…

…then for fun, I dip into the Wealth of Nations. Here’s a snippet from the beginning of Chapter III: ““A man grows rich by employing a multitude of manufacturers; he…

…tenth of one percent for each the employer and employee (this is eighty cents per week for the employee) in any year that Social Security Trustees project having to dip…

…Net Trade: Exports and Imports of Goods and Services As the following graph reveals, between 1960 and 1980, the U.S. had a stable balance of trade. After a sharp dip…

…Surely, when we take our painful plunge into the second dip of the Great Recession, their wealth will be at risk. But the ability to see it at a system…

…Caps, etc.; the state would not have to dip into its coffers until 2022 considering worst case to potentially 2034 under the best case scenario. It has been said of…