Category Economy

Topics related to economic conditions and statistics, competition, jobs, growth, regulations, etc.

Comic Relief In Jackson Hole

Brown Capuchin Monkey Comedians from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) have hedge fund traders and financial bloggers snickering, including this must-read example at Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis. Some of their economic positions as committee members at NBER…

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…

Vuvuzenomics

Many people viewed some of the games of the 2010 World Cup, including the championship in which Spain defeated the Netherlands 1-0. And, just as many people who were not at the stadium wondered what was generating the continual humming,…