by New Deal democrat The three best arguments against an economic slowdown I still think I’m right that there will be a worsening economic slowdown that shows up by about…

Are initial jobless claims showing a re-assertion of an underlying weak economic trend? I don’t normally comment on initial jobless claims, but I’m following them with particular interest at this…

…in a forthcoming Journal of Economic Literature. It’s apparently part of a roundtable on the teaching of introductory economics, and not surprisingly Bowles and Carlin focus on the freely downloadable…

…The Washington Consensus. I like Noah Smith’s term Economics 101. Smith’s point is that many non-economists think economics consists of the very simplest economic models which are now mainly used…

The Philly Fed state-by-state diffusion index of economic expansion This comes from the Philly Fed’s state-by-state coincident index, via Bill McBride. The graph below shows the number of states showing…

…pretending to oppose economic relief measures that Republicans clearly need. This strategy has forced Democrats to negotiate for desperately needed public health policies and economic relief that will improve the…

…health measures are effective in controlling the spread of the virus and economic policies successful in restoring economic growth in the latter half of this year. FDI flows would fall…

…March, provided the same level of service. This needs to change. Indeed! This is, in fact, an absurd comment, strictly on economic grounds. The cost of producing auto insurance has…

Monday political potpourri for a slow-starting Economic news week It’s a very slow most-of-the-week for economic data. Except for house prices, nothing much gets reported until Thursday, when a slew…

Happy Every Economic Statistic in the World Day! 4. Manufacturing continued to expand strongly in September This morning’s final economic report is the ISM manufacturing index for September. This is…