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BEA Indicators- Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics, U.S. and States, 2024
- GDP (Advance Estimate), 4th Quarter and Year 2025
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- 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
Tag Archives: inflation
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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