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BEA Indicators- Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics, U.S. and States, 2024 March 5, 2026
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Recent Posts
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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Total Assets of the U.S. Economy $188 Trillion, 13.4xGDP
I recently wrote about the fact that the forces impacting the U.S. economy’s balance sheet, at about $200 trillion, dominate those affecting GDP (just over $14 trillion) when thinking about interest rates and stock prices. A blog reader wrote to … Continue reading
Posted in All, Economic Indicators, Government Policy, U.S. Economy
Tagged assets, balance sheet, Economy, GDP, Rutledge
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The Class War is Real
You don’t need a very sharp eye to detect the number of speeches in Washington taking aim at “the rich” and the number of new policies that aim to redistribute wealth from “the wealthy” to “the middle class.” Like all … Continue reading
Posted in All, Government Policy, U.S. Economy
Tagged capital markets, class war, Government Policy, middle class, Rutledge
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