Browsing: Economy

From June 1 through June 13, I was in Park City, Utah participating in the Law Institute for Economics Professors…

Civilian employment adjusted to NFP concept, manufacturing production, real retail sales, ADP’s private NFP, and BTS freight services index. The…

by Calculated Risk on 7/10/2025 02:19:00 PM The U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data…

When I was in high school (approximately 730 years ago, or so it feels these days) I first learned basic…

From Orrenius et al. (2025)GDP growth is down 0.81% in 2026, 0.49% in 2027. These estimates based on a VAR(2)…

by Calculated Risk on 7/09/2025 01:22:00 PM This data is as of July 8, 2025. Click on graph for larger…

The human brain seems wired to notice patterns.  This presumably has some evolutionary advantages, but this attribute can lead us…

Trump on TruthSocial (Bloomberg): “TARIFFS WILL START BEING PAID ON AUGUST 1, 2025. There has been no change to this…

by Calculated Risk on 7/08/2025 06:43:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Wednesday:• At…

In the Summer issue of RegulationI suggest that the growing popularity of industrial policy (also called “industrial strategy”) all over…