Category Archives: Data

This seems like a BFD to me.

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

QE3. This isn’t my dream of super-clear forward guidance, but it’s a huge step in the direction of Krugman/Woodford style precommitment. The key thing is that they’re no longer saying that accommodative monetary policy is conditional on the recovery being weak. Instead, … Continue reading →

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May jobs report: everything is terrible

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

For the second month in a row, the monthly jobs report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been weak. The economy added only 110,000 jobs in the month of April, far below what is necessary to keep pace … Continue reading →

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Facts are stupid things

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Okay conservatives. You wanna have an argument about Romney vs. Obama? Sure, I can do that. Mitt Romney seems intent on making the economy the central issue of his campaign to defeat President Obama and become our next president. That’s … Continue reading →

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Turnout Watch: Super Tuesday

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

I’ll just start off with a list of turnout results from last night, organized by state type: Blue States Massachusetts 2012 Turnout: 361,381 (98.5% reporting) 2008 Turnout: 500,550 Percent Change: -28% Vermont 2012 Turnout: 56,614 (92.7% reporting) 2008 Turnout: 39,843 … Continue reading →

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The President Doesn’t Think We’re Idiots: the US Economy in Charts

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Dr. Jan Eberly, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, released a series of charts that tells the story (or at least the administrations’s story) of the United States economy. You can find Dr. Eberly’s brief into on … Continue reading →

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