Seasonally adjusted employment statistics can mislead us in a year when seasons have little to do with employment.
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Adjusting The Adjustments
Tag Archives: Economics
The End Of The War On Savers
The Fed’s newly tolerant inflation stance is a declaration of victory in its long war on savers.
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Job Market Ice Breakup
Like the ice breakup on a frozen lake, the job market’s springtime thaw arrived with a bang.
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Midsummer Is Showtime For The Economy
Lockdowns are beginning to relax, but economic recovery cannot really begin until workers are ready to perform.
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Selling Treasuries, Buying Charmin
This week, the only assets people did not rush to sell were food staples, medical supplies and hygienic paper products.
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Is America Taking A (Super)power Nap?
Will COVID-19 trigger the Recession of 2020? Maybe, but either way it will undoubtedly feel like it for many Americans.
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Opportunities When Markets Go Viral
Most market downturns carry the seeds of their own recovery, and recent viral-induced moves appear to be no exception.
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Will Negative Rates Finally Kill Pensions?
Traditional pensions have been vanishing for decades; the prospect of negative interest rates could be the final blow.
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When Does An ‘Emerging Market’ Emerge?
With no fixed definition of an emerging market, it is hard to know when one has emerged – or to see much value in the term.
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The Most Important Election, Until The Next
History teaches that not all elections are equally important, but the most significant are obvious only in hindsight.
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