Same Old, Same Old: The Weak Expansion Continues
J: Three years ago, at the Q&A session after a presentation at the NABE policy conference*, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan...
Retail Sales Are Now Sluggish
The Census Bureau gave us the latest report on retail and food services sales on July 14. The chart shows the data and about all you can...
In Today's Wall Street Journal
L: Every month Jim fills out economic forecast forms for Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal. There are also less-regular forecasting...
Satellites and Economic Data
L: Did you know there is a China Satellite Manufacturing Index (SMI) produced by a company named SpaceKnow that has been live on...
US Manufacturing On Fire
J: The economic data flow for July started off with a bang—appropriate for today as we celebrate Brexit 1776—thanks to the good people...
