…as a result of the ‘shock’ of rising import competition”: Employment Effects of International Trade, by Claire Brunel, NBER Digest: In the past two decades, China’s manufacturing exports have grown…

by Mike Kimel Negative Effects of Immigration on the Economy In a recent post, I showed that looking at data since 1950 or so, the percentage of the population that…

…the minimum wage where the unemployment effects become a greater cost than the benefits of the higher wages going to those who remain in work. This seems intuitive in the…

A slow grind in new and continued claims as Covid’s effects gradually transition from pandemic to endemic Jobless claims declined 38,000 this week to 326,000, still 14,000 above the September…

…wrong way.” These perverse price effects are what have come to be called “Wicksell effects” and if they are strong enough, they can bring about the overall capital paradox.  I…

…population would differ from the amounts shown. The effects would be larger in later years of the projection period than in the earlier years because differences in those rates compound…

…tools available to the Fed. Unlike the demand-side effects on rented housing, which are not particularly obvious, the supply-inhibiting effects of rate hikes on rented housing are more readily identifiable….

…Beryl. This week there was good news even with some continued hurricane Beryl effects in Texas. Initial claims declined -7,000 to 227,000 for the week, while the 4-week average declined…

 – by New Deal democrat It appears that, as I suspected earlier this month, the big YoY jump in initial jobless claims was largely due to the effects of the…

One of Economist David Zetland’s students. True pricing: effects on competition – The one-handed economist Sarah writes* Although Trump has once again pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate…