If Barkley is writing about it, it warrants space on AB. RIP Sharon L. O’Hare, Econospeak, Barley Rosser I know, I know, my part of this blog is increasingly resembling…

Income, spending, layoffs, and new home sales all point to a continuing expansion in 2022 We got our last batch of data before Christmas this morning. Almost all of the…

…me a little late Christmas cash in my stocking. Also – Programming Note: This week will also be very light on data, with two house price indexes on Tuesday, and jobless…

…Schedule The story: “This was my Christmas present from our government! I am 56 years old and have survived cancer 3 times. According to Navient, I will not be able…

…Health Director’s ability to restrict public gatherings. This was before the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. And the state is in trouble. CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky; While much of the world is focused…

Prof. Joel Eissenberg, Upfront Blog For Christmas 2021, Linda gave me a copy of “The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland” by Mark Kruger. The title certainly…

…October’s initial gain of 531,000 has since been revised up to 648,000. I suspect that seasonality has reared its ugly head, as the huge number of Christmas holiday jobs typically…

…and Anna gave me this book for Christmas, and I’m glad they did. It isn’t a substitute for a course in economics or finance, but what it lacks in detail…

…ugly head, as the huge number of Christmas holiday jobs typically added has thrown a monkey wrench into pandemic calculations. If so, next month the report for this month (January)…

…is seasonally adjusted, it may still be affected by Christmas seasonality, as exacerbated by the pandemic (right scale below). To some extent it may also be a reaction to the…