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Instantaneous Core Inflation: Various Measures

Core up, but supercore down: Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation for core CPI (blue), chained core CPI (tan), supercore CPI (pink), services

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Info Finance

Excellent post by Vitalik on prediction markets and the broader category of what he calls info finance: Now, we get

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“The Recession of 2025 Will Be Backdated” to 2022

Thet’s  Jeffrey Tucker in the Epoch Times via ZeroHedge. It’s a reasonable supposition that a recession will become obvious to

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Spinoza is ten years old today

Happy Birthday Spinoza! The post Spinoza is ten years old today appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link

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Business Cycle Indicators as of November’s Start

Employment for October and monthly GDP for September, in the set of variables followed by the NBER’s BCDC: Figure 1: Nonfarm

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Holy Frak

America is great. Here if you want further explanation. Hat tip. The post Holy Frak appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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If the Official Inflation Rate Is Correct, the Real Policy Rate In Russia Is Now 12.4%

The Central Bank of Russia today raised the policy rate from 19% to 21%. That’s assuming (1) adaptive expectations, and

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Nonsensical Graphs that People Post

Item 1: Source: Antoni. Item 2: Source: Antoni. Not that the data are “wrong” (I’m not a data conspiracy theorist).

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I talk with Scott Wolla

Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use

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Eric Hovde: In Recession | Econbrowser

Video today. 55% of Americans believe they are in a recession. Why? Because they have been in one. Most indicators