Tag economic indicators

A Tale Of Two Recessions

Although we at Coventry League try to think independently more often than not, we are aware that many prefer to outsource their critical thinking to broad frameworks such as political parties and whatnot.  Accordingly, below is a chart comparing the…

Double Dipping Slipping

‘W’ Recession of Early 1980’s In the past few days, several people and organizations have questioned whether the economy is falling back into a recession (double-dip or “W”recovery). The last double-dip recession in the U.S was the early 1980’s. Our…

Running On A Hamster Wheel

If you want to gain a better idea of why economics is sometimes referred to as the dismal science, then reference the 50 statistics about the U.S. economy highlighted on the Coalition of the Obvious (COTO) Report’s blog. The blog…

Google Puts Unemployment Data To Work

As some researchers might suggest, publicly available data can be tedious to extract.  Understanding this, Google unearthed a useful new tool that enables one to obtain publicly available data in an easy, straightforward manner. Currently the tool is available with…