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by Mark Thoma, University of Oregon (Department of Economics)
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The convenience yield - Interfluidity Science envy? - Stumbling and Mumbling Is the Fed living in a fairy-tale world? - Michael Mandel A New Report Card on Iraq - New York Times Blog R
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I've presented quite a bit of Jacob Hacker's work here, so it's only fair that I also present intelligent responses to it. Justin Wolfers has the details, and I added a few comments at the end:Is Inco
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Tim Duy assesses today's decision from the FOMC to leave the target interest rate unchanged:Cutting It Down the Middle, by Tim Duy:Today s FOMC statement was largely in-line with expectations wo
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I asked a question at the end of this post. Arnold Kling answers:Mark Thoma's Question, by Arnold Kling:He asks,how do you explain the large run up in, say, agricultural commodities which cannot be le
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As expected, the FOMC left the target federal funds rate unchanged:Press Release, Release Date: June 25, 2008 The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds r
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The debate over whether speculation is an important factor in oil markets continues. Here's a round up of today's debate (so far):Jim Hamilton:How big a contribution could oil speculation be making?I
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Why did the Washington Consensus reforms fail to improve economic performance in developing countries?:When does policy reform work? The case of central bank independence, by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Joh
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The Philadelphia Fed released its state level coincident indexes for May. Here's adescription of the index, and here's a summary of the latest data:May 2008: The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia h
Tags: fed federal reserve
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Bill Bennett Criticizes Obama s Economic Proposals - pgl Fed Vacancies Likely to Remain Until Next Year - Real Time Economics The Bluefin Tuna in Peril - Scientific American The Pendulum
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Robert Waldmann says to be careful when using income as a control in studies measuring school (or other) achievement:Robert Waldmann: I just thought of something. It was triggered by this studies show
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