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BEA Indicators- Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics, U.S. and States, 2024 March 5, 2026
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- Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Real Personal Income by State, 2024 February 19, 2026
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BEA Indicators- Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics, U.S. and States, 2024
- GDP (Advance Estimate), 4th Quarter and Year 2025
- Personal Income and Outlays, December 2025
- Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Real Personal Income by State, 2024
- U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, December and Annual 2025
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"We have excluded lobbyists from policy making jobs" Really? Then who are these 40 guys working for you?
Interesting article today. More than 40 former lobbyists work in senior positions in the Obama administration, including three Cabinet secretaries and the CIA director. Yet in his State of the Union address, Obama claimed, “We’ve excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.” … Continue reading
China's GDP Growth Mostly Home-Grown
Cool chart from my friend Andy Roth at Sinology The National Bureau of Statistics has just released a detailed breakdown of China’s 2009 GDP growth. Overall GDP rose 8.7%, with 92.3% of growth (8 ppts) from gross capital formation; 52.5% … Continue reading