In Calculated Risk - Posted 2 days ago

Occasionally I've read claims that the lack of refinery capacity was driving up the price of oil. As an example, here is an excerpt from an old Bloomb...

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In Becker-Posner Blog - Posted 4 days ago

The run-up in the world price of oil during the past several years, and especially the rapid climb during the last few weeks to over $120 per barrel, ...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 1 week ago

Brett Arends at the WSJ asks: Is Housing Slump at a Bottom? [The following chart] from Wellesley College Prof. Karl E. Case, one of the leading expert...

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In Masters "O" Equity - Posted 3 weeks ago

OIL ANALYSISJust when oil price showed some signs of retreat, US crude oil inventory dropped more than expected, spurring oil price up once again, cha...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 3 weeks ago

For more, see my earlier post: March Existing Home SalesFor forecasting, probably the most important number in the existing home sales report is inven...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Maybe to many readers of this blog Slovakia s application for membership of the eurozone may well not appear to be the political and economic event ...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Slovakia has recently taken some important baby steps on its path towards future euro membership. In particular the government in Bratislava ha...

Tags: budget central bank currencies currency deficit economics economy euro exchange rate gdp inflation oil output supply side tax

In Economist's View - Posted 5 weeks ago

A summary of Maggie Mahar's summary of a talk by Uwe Reinhardt on the source of rising health care costs. As noted here many times, an aging populatio...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 5 weeks ago

U.S. black population Brendan Nyhan: Where Obama is winning and losing Brendan Nyhan: Be careful interpretin...

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In Capital Chronicle - Posted 6 weeks ago

A little over a quarter ago this update on the Baltic Dry Index was posted here. Today the graph looks like this:A very useful comment last time point...

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