23 hours ago by Bill Bonner

We used to like traveling. Now, it’s a drag. “No, we don’t want to go through your new x-ray machine,” we told the TSA guard. “Whassa matter? It’s safe…” she replied. “How do you know that?” “The government said it was safe.” “Do you believe everything the government tells you?” “Heh…heh… Okay…” the ...

The Daily Reckoning - dailyreckoning.com · Rank: 2,985 · 16 references

1 day ago by Michael F. Martin

From Michael McConnell: But here is the irony. All this high‐toned government, the unelected and long‐termed Governors of the Federal Reserve, supported by Senators and Representatives serving for decades these establishment figures are the ones who have created the current mess. They did nothing to ...

Broken Symmetry - brokensymmetry.typepad.com/broken_symmetry · 41 references

1 day ago by David

We've not been posting much lately for two reasons. Firstly, it's just been an extraordinarily busy time of year. Secondly, we're finding confusing signals in the market and we don't want to post simply about which way the wind is blowing on any given day. Our preference, always, is to take a more h ...

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1 day ago by Dave

There’s an anomaly in last month’s labor market data. I don’t know what to make of it; but some conservatives see some sneaky stuff being done to the data. I recommend we keep an eye on these numbers for a few months. Here’s what’s going on. The Bureau of Labor Statistics determines the unemployment ...

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2 days ago by hidden

An updated Macroeconomics Reading List from Ajay Shah's blogs.

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2 days ago by Bill C

At Vox, Nicholas Bloom and Scott Baker argue " falling policy uncertainty is igniting the US recovery." Since the idea that the economy weighted down by "uncertainty" induced by the Obama administration seems to have become a right-wing talking point, I'm instinctively skeptical. However, the underl ...

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2 days ago by Andrew Leigh

Along with Gary Humphries, Paul Bongiorno and new editor Michael Keating, I re-launched the journal ‘Inside Canberra’ last night. In the first issue, I have a short piece on economic growth, which is below. (And yes, my title is shamelessly cribbed from Gene Sperling’s splendid book of the same name ...

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3 days ago by Timothy Platt

The predictable, effective valuation of online connections is simultaneously one of online business’ most vexing challenges, and one of its most enticing goals. This is my fifth posting in a series on the issues that collectively comprise that challenge (see Macroeconomics and Business, postings 42- ...

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3 days ago by Bill Bonner

“America is back,” said the President of all the Americans, “Anyone who tells you America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.” Well, Dear Reader, we’re here to tell you: America is in decline. We can give it to you straight because we’re not runnin ...

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4 days ago by David Merkel

Here are two articles to read on risk parity: Pro: Pick Your Poison Con: The Hidden Risks of Risk Parity Portfolios I’m on the “con” side of this argument, because I am a risk manager, and have traded a large portfolio of complex bonds. For additional support consider my article Risks, Not Risk. Or ...

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