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Recent Posts
BEA Indicators
- Personal Income and Outlays, October 2024
- Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2024 (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits (Preliminary)
- Gross Domestic Product for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2021 and 2022
- Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, U.S. and States, 2023
- Activities of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Multinational Enterprises, 2022
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
Posted in All, Cool Stuff, Government Policy, U.S. Economy
Tagged Congress, corporate spending, Economy, lobbyist, Rutledge
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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
Posted in All, Economic Indicators, Government Policy, U.S. Economy
Tagged bonds, Economy, inflation, interest rates, Rutledge, the Fed
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