#Fiscal

Josh Bivens

joshbivens_DC

On March 6 of this year the BLS released the jobs day data for February. It was a good month – strong job growth, decent wage growth, just all-around solid

Mike P. "Ontario Dad" Moffatt 🇨🇦🏅🏅

MikePMoffatt

In short, we spend way too much time worrying that high deficits + a high BoC balance sheet is unsustainable.The real risk is that it is, in fact, sustainable and

animal spirits

proleasfuck

A thread on my opinions on Keynesian economics, Marxism, the depression, and the future of capitalism, after some study and investigation. It’s a mistake to think any one economic crisis,

Tracy Gordon

gordontrac

This important piece didn’t garner enough attention when it first came out last week. A thread…https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/23/why-is-state-and-local-employment-falling-faster-than-revenues/ Louise Sheiner updates her

David R. Agrawal

DavidRAgrawal

How do local governments set policy in the presence of mobile factors, spillovers, and information flows? For answers, see our article "Local Policy Choice: Theory and Empirics" (w/ @WilliamHHoyt and

Devil soldier, ex job & Army

PaulMIL87122911

EU in fairness to them and their ways cannot afford to allow UK a FTA no strings. They need alignment to maintain their ludicrous claim on fishing, and suppress our

ValueStockGeek

ValueStockGeek

When I was 10 years old in 1992, I was worried that America's fiscal deficit was going to destroy the country after watching Ross Perot's charts on live TV.Investing based

Dirk Ehnts

DEhnts

"COVID-19 and its economic consequences for the Euro Area" - That is the title of a paper that Michael Paetz and I wrote and that was published last month. Let

Reuben Rodriguez

ReubenR80027912

Been trying (and failing) to objectively describe why GOP's attempt to rid themselves of Trump is self defeatingI'm a lifelong Dem, I'm not some closet Romneyite (hopefully that unnecessary disclaimer

balajis.com

balajis

This article is making the rounds. It’s well-written and makes a good case. And I should say up front that I have zero info about whether Tether really has 100%

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

1.8m jobs created is a relief, a little higher than expectations and higher than many indicators suggested.But this is mostly the “easy” job growth as the number of people on

The C.O.N 👽✌

NickMargerrison

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover

Rory Green

rorygreen5

China vs Australia Although iron ore exports to China are growing strongly, Oz share of the pie has shrunkAustralia share of China's iron ore imports falls 10 ppts from April.

Universal Preschool NOW!

UPNOW2020

Whenever any significant public program is proposed, someone inevitably asks “how are you going to pay for it?” There’s nothing wrong with asking how tax dollars are spent. But this

Lyn Alden

LynAldenContact

This cycle of dollar strength was created by the end of QE in mid-2014, and the initiation of QT in early 2018, all of which made US monetary policy relatively

Frank van Lerven

Frank_vanlerven

This maybe gets said a lot (to different degrees somewhat erroneously) by post-Keynesians...The neoclassical synthesis? Sorry, doesn't really have a leg to stand on and demonstrates a complete disregard for

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