As Japan’s expansion continues, compensation and especially savings are improving. The BOJ can now shift…
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“Wow” factor charts have helped readers see a reality in a fresh way. Some Fed…
Too many traders reacted with confusion to the February 2nd Bureau of Labor Statistics release.…
The Fed looks to the official unemployment rate to indicate future inflation. But, that relationship…
Fed forecasters have erred because they’ve missed how tech and trade have transformed our economy.…
Idealized “business cycles” don’t exist. This note concludes a series that aspires to illustrate how…
It’s true, worker wages today are better than ever. It’s also true that growth was…
The Fed is in a bad spot. Conventional wisdom says rates are low. But it’s…
When trends collide, wreckage is measured in weak labor productivity. Longer term trends include 30…
29 November 2014 Consumers spending cash with confidence is a sign of economic health. People…
November 20, 2014 Health of employee compensation by industry is illuminated by the recently released…
13 September 2014 Mixed economic headlines miss the point of an underlying negative feedback cycle…
5 August 2014 In Y2K, we feared a bug in our computers. We should have…
June 16, 2014 Eyes are increasingly focused on FOMC interest rate statements. The search is…
29 May 2014 Digging behind the numbers in “Measures to know of healthy jobs and…