Yves here. We heart libraries and librarians! But this post is a bit thin on how to do your own little free library. You need permission of the box is not your property. How do you persuade shop owners and...
WA man charged after taking off his clothes and assaulting crew member on a flight bound for Melbourne The Australian (Robin K). Will we have to add “WA man” to “Florida man”? Sex and Alcohol in Medieval Times: A Look...
Yves here. We are introducing most of you to Luca Placidi, founder of an Italian YouTube channel called “Tracce di Classe”. Placidi who started his blog and website in late 2023, “after the war in Ukraine and the one in...
As of today: For comparison, here is the y/y (official) inflation rate (through June). With the policy rate at 18%, and y/y inflation at 8.6% (through June), we have in essence a contractionary monetary policy. The ex post real...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. “Song from telephone wire in residential area.” * * * In Case You Might Miss… (1) Who engineered...
Nominal consumption, PCE deflator m/m at consensus, nominal income at +0.2% vs. +0.4%. Here’s the picture of key NBER BCDC indicators plus monthly GDP: Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) employment from CES (bold blue), civilian employment (orange), industrial production (red), personal...
Symptoms that develop post-infection are not always due solely to the infection itself. Hospitalization for any reasonincreases a person’s risk for a wide range of medical problems after discharge. Such problems may have little to do with the initial diagnosis...
GDP surprised on the upside at 2.8% q/q AR vs. Bloomberg consensus 2.0%. One purported financial adviser writes: 2.8% Fake GDP is number are reported by biased govt agencies. What a sham…..believe nothing question everything. Does anyone believe economy is...
Yves here. Just when the Fed thought it might have killed the economy enough for it to lower rates, groaf is back! Mr. Market still believes that at least one cut before this year is in order. But investors have...
This post relies heavily on fresh and detailed report from Mondoweiss, The end of Israel’s economy, which appears not to have gotten the attention it deserves. Some initial observations: Israel has locked itself in a long-term, resource, credibility and morale...
