What FedEx’s Earnings Teach About the State of the Economy
The media likes to say that...arnings season officially starts when Alcoa reports, but I never thought that was very accurate. Things really get kicked off...
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TPP, Fast track, secret to you
Sorry for such thin postings lately but life happens. Hat tip to stormy for this reminder of a trade agreement not making the news. Use...
Popular Science magazine shuts off comment section
I remember how much...ime it...ook...o evolve a notion of...he range of ‘appropriate’ comments and how difficult it was, excluding...he easy ones...o eliminate...hat were simply rude...
Assessing the Prospects of a Second Housing Bubble in the USA
The release of yesterday’s Case Shiller housing index has some people talking about bubbles in housing again. In fact, Robert Shiller himself was on CNBC...
Maggie Mahar Healthbeat Blog: Reverse “ Sticker Shock”— Why are Insurance Rates in the State Marketplaces Lower Than Expected? — Part I
Even Forbes’ columnist Avik Roy is recanting. Earlier this month he acknowledged that under Obamacare, many Americans who buy their own coverage in 2014 will...
Zillow: Case-Shiller House Price Index expected to show 12.4% year-over-year increase in August
Wednesday: • At 7:00 AM ET, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index. • At 8:30 AM,...
What’s with Taper Talk and Assets Prices
I have gone a bit quiet on the QE front. Obviously, this is because I have been surprised and my pet theory has taken a...
William Dudley on the economic outlook… An “Effective” response
William Dudley is the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He gave a...eech about the economic outlook. The...eech is standard...
Sunday Night Futures
From Jon Hilsenrath at the WSJ: Yellen Would Bring Tougher Tone to Fed Janet Yellen, the lead candidate to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,...
Obamacare Defunding and the Mandate
This is pure political fantasy. I will pretend to take Republicans seriously. They claim that Obamacare is unpopular (true) and tha the people want them...