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Friday, February 28, 2014

US GDP Growth for Q4 Revised Down to 2.4 Percent as Key Inflation Measures Continue Below Target

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Revised data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that U.S. real GDP grew at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the four...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

Ukraine's Economy "Spinning out of Control." Could it Drag Russia's Down With It?

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Political events in Ukraine and diplomatic tensions with Russia are filling the headlines this week, but behind these recent developments i...
Friday, February 21, 2014

US CPI Inflation Continues to Run Well Below Target as Revisions Reduce Monthly Volatility

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Data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that consumer price inflation continues to run well below target. The all-i...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Total US GDP Grows 3.2 Percent in Q4. That’s Nice, but Why do We Pay So Little Attention to Per Capita Measures?

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According to today’s advance estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. real GDP expanded at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the ...

Italy's Slow Growth will Challege New Prime Minister Renzi

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Matteo Renzi is poised to take over as Italy’s youngest-ever prime minister. He has a clear mandate to get the Italian economy back on tra...
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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Despite Weak Growth of Payroll Jobs, the January Employment Report is Fundamentally Positive

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Although the news that the U.S. economy generated just 113,000 new payroll jobs in January 2014 disappointed many observers, the latest re...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

A Universal Basic Income: Conservative, Progressive, and Libertarian Perspectives (Part 3 of a Series)

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The idea of a universal basic income (UBI) has been getting a lot of attention recently, sparked in part by the Swiss decision to hold a r...