#Forecasting

Don’t kill yourself over anybody!!!Early 2009 in Ibadan during my ND days. There’s this lovely lady, Bolaji living upstairs in my house at Sango, she was about completing her HND
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Government at the speed of business? Our #ableg "business" is facing a crisis, the information system designed to provide key information to decision-makers has been broken for weeks, a new
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/1 Excited to share two papers we recently had published this year looking into the role of ocean acidification in shaping marine communities using our natural CO2 seep in Japan.Ocean
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1/ How do economics ideas affect policy-makers? A few thoughts on Minneapolis Fed presidents and macroeconomists in the 1960s to 1980s (trying to sort out some material, so messy, possible
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CBO just released its new $15 min wage analysis—adds $58B to the deficit, kills 1.4M jobs. Have to look at how they reach these numbers, but it's a bad blow
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A pet peeve is when I'm called prescient. I'm not. I never win the lotto. I never win at slots. I can't even tell you in the morning what I'm
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On December 14th, the Lafayette City Council will review a draft letter that calls for CA’s Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) to reduce its Regional Housing Need Allocations (RHNA)
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Ignore the diplomatic angst and wine embargoes. Australia's trade with China is booming, and exports will hit a record (again) next year:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-03/aussie-is-soaring-despite-australia-china-tra
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Today is a terrible day that should not have come. Up to 14 million jobless workers will be cut off of federal CARES Act benefits that President Trump has chosen
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Let's nerd out, #TeamPete.Better navigation = Better transportation.DOT oversees civil Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), most commonly known by another three letters- GPS.Yup, when your phone's location is wrong you
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Deradicalization ThreadThis thread contains resources and information concerning deradicalization as we've received numerous requests for information on the topic. 'Deprogramming the MAGA Cult'MeidasTouch co-founder and civil ri
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November Holdings Thoughts:$WORK +62% Monthly ReturnPopped up on potential $CRM acquisition talks. I’m considering trimming by 30% $TSLA +46%Bolstered by positive news on moving into $SPY Tempted to take some
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In this kind of event, the GDP growth number is the last thing that should be concerned. Why?Thread:https://twitter.com/business/status/1323113129983823872 1. The poor can't buy enough food. Children are dropping out of
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CBO forecasts are out.Some early reports have suggested the CBO forecast revisions are cause for optimism. Not so fast!My key takeaway: Forecasts have been upgraded from a *catastrophically* slow recovery
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Lloyd Barton, head of global trade services at the global forecasting consultancy Oxford Economics. “I would stress that the U.K. services industry has benefited from being part of the single
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Biggest thing to watch in the macro world is the 10 year treasury yield. All else equal, rising yields crush basically all risk asset prices, and imo, the single biggest
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