Economics

May 27, 2016

GDP “Now-casting” Report Update May 27, 2016

This is an update of my Nowcasting blog from last week.   If you missed that one, I suggest you read it before continuing: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/policy/nowcast Why you […]
May 20, 2016

“Nowcasting” the GDP

Do you want an advance reading of the 2016 second quarter GDP reading – even before the quarter is over?   I sure do!    This is […]
May 19, 2016

Reading the Tea Leaves

The FED speaks … and the markets react.    On the 18th, the FED released the ‘minutes’ from their April meeting.   Want to read them?   Here […]
May 14, 2016

The Physics of Economics – Part 1

Sir Issac Newton is known as one of the most influential scientists of all time.   In the second half of the 17th century (and into the […]