Is the Green Transition Inflationary?
Marco Del Negro, Julian di Giovanni, and Keshav Dogra Are policies aimed at fighting climate change inflationary? In a new...
Economy
US Imposes New Sanctions on Military-Ruled Myanmar – The Diplomat
AdvertisementThe United States government has imposed a further round of sanctions against military-ruled Myanmar, this time targeting the supply of...
My Recent Interviews Reveal Growing Optimism: On þe “Pitchfork Economics” Podcast; & BRIEFLY NOTED: For 2023-03-26 Su
<https://pitchforkeconomics.com>Their focus point: Any society that allows itself to become radicallyunequal eventually collapse into an uprising or a police state—or...
MiB: Dominique Mielle, Damsel in Distressed
This week, we speak with former hedge fund manager Dominique Mielle, author of 2021’s “Damsel in Distressed: My Life...
Schedule for Week of March 26, 2023
by Calculated Risk on 3/25/2023 08:11:00 AM The key reports scheduled for this week include the 3rd estimate of Q4 GDP,...
Weekly Macro Indicators, thru 3/18
Here’re some indicators at the weeky frequency for the real economy. Bloomberg notes that GDPNow (3/16) combined with SEP median...
End Speed Limits on Aircraft
Fifty years ago today, on March 23, 1973, Alexander P. Butterfield, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, issued a rule that...
Let the Banks Burn by Yanis Varoufakis
The banking system we take for granted is unfixable. The good news is that we no longer need to rely...
The New York Fed DSGE Model Forecast—March 2023
Marco Del Negro, Aidan Gleich, Donggyu Lee, Ramya Nallamotu, and Sikata Sengupta This post presents an update of the economic...
A Chinese Businessman on Doing Business Inside North Korea – The Diplomat
AdvertisementThe land route between Hunchun in China and Najin-Sonbong in North Korea was recently reopened after being closed for close...
Continuing to Worry at þe Chat-GPT4 Issue, as If I Were a Dog, & It an Old Shoe
BradAssistantBot and friend inside a Chinese-Speaking Room, by Stable Diffusion via NightCafeFor someone who has—I think—about three day jobs now,...
What can be done about the Chancellor gaming his fiscal rules
As Chris Giles explains here, Chancellor Hunt is gaming his fiscal rules. He is not the first Conservative Chancellor to...
Architecture Billings “Slowdown Continues” in February
by Calculated Risk on 3/22/2023 11:09:00 AM Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate...
Swedish Inflation: Blame It on Biden!
The evidence is overwhelming. As Steven Kopits comments: Yes, Powell and Yellen . Nothing new there. And, yes, the US...
Time Passages
Here’s an interesting idea it wouldn’t have occured to me to ask. What is the length of time described in...
