Category Archives: U.S. Economy

The Return on Corporate Lobbying

Ran across an interesting research paper tonight in the Business and Politics journal. The paper, “Corporate Lobbying Revisited”, by Jin-Hyuk Kim of Cornell University,  attempts to measure the return on corporate spending on lobbyist services. You can see the paper by clicking … Continue reading

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Bond Prices and Interest Rates

Yesterday I posted a piece about inflation and interest rates arguing that although recent inflation numbers have been very tame, the tsunami of bank reserves (=800%) released by the Fed is beginning to show up in inflation expectations, which is … Continue reading

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