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- U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, March 2025
- Personal Income and Outlays, March 2025
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- Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account, U.S. and States, 2023
- Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 4th Quarter 2024 and Preliminary 2024
Tag Archives: Government Policy
How Much of the Stimulus Money has Already Been Spent?
One of the (many) problems with using big increases in federal government spending as an economic stimulus tool is timing. You can’t appropriate and spend it fast enough to matter much during the downturn. Spending it years later, after the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Government Policy, U.S. Economy
Tagged bond, bond yield, budget deficits, Economic Crisis, GDP, Government Policy, inflation, interest rates, Jobs, Rutledge, tweets, twitter, unemployment
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Time to Think About the Next Story-Inflation, Rising Rates, Commodity Prices, Weak Dollar
The credit crisis is all you hear about from officials in Washington and from talking heads on TV. Indeed, the credit shortage is still alive and well. Employment is still falling and small business owners–the only real source of new … Continue reading
Posted in All, China, Government Policy, The World Outside of the U.S., U.S. Economy
Tagged budget deficits, China, commodity prices, credit crisis, Economy, Government Policy, inflation, interest rates, Rutledge, the Fed, U.S. dollar
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