Economics

  Let me start with a 9/25/17 quote from the Deputy Managing Director of the IMF:  “What makes this slowdown <in productivity growth> more puzzling is […]

  is a commonly used aphorism, and suggests general economic improvement will ultimately benefit everyone within that economic system. Well, everyone should be doing pretty well […]

  I didn’t write the sentence above.  It comes from a St. Louis FED article published in April of 2016 explaining the reasons behind the NY […]

  PCE, CPI, oil, productivity, labor participation rates … the list of data updates goes on and on and on.   Negative interest rates are back […]