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Manufacturing remains in contraction, with construction on the brink

  - by New Deal democratThis month we started the month with not just the usual two important reports on the leading sectors of  manufacturing...

Using Economy-Wide Modeling of Climate Change Policies

In my podcast series, “Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program,”  I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with...

not even close to recession

  - by New Deal democratThere are some economic and financial indicators that aren’t classic leading or lagging indicators. Rather, they are “over-sensitive” in one...

It’s not just corporate profits, the long leading housing sector is also under pressure

  - by New Deal democratI suspect that both hurricanes as well as mortgage rates somewhat distorted all of the housing reports for October.Last week...

Good news on real aggregate payrolls, but an additional yellow flag on jobs

  - by New Deal democratWith the update on inflation earlier this week, let’s take a look a real average wages and real aggregate payrolls....

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