Yves here. This post very much annoyed me, and so I thought it might be entertaining for similarly annoyed readers to take it apart. The fact that it starts by arguing that protest voting is “bad for the democratic process,”...
CPI m/m at 0.1% vs. 0.1% consensus (Core 0.3% vs. 0.2% consensus). Here are snapshots of instantaneous inflation rates for September headline, core, supercore, and services supercore CPI, headline and core PPI and HICP and headline and core PCE deflator...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Reserva de la Biosfera Rio Celestun, Yucatán, Mexico. “Recorded in coastal desert scrub on the edge of a dried salt lagoon lined with mangrove. Low, distant rumble...
Below we’ve embedded New York appeals in court filings in two cases, Ezrasons v. Rudd (“Barclays”) and Haussmann v. Baumann (“Bayer”). Even though the particulars of executive and board misconduct, as well as the home jurisdiction differ, both suits have...
One thousand sausage dogs invade beach for meet-up BBC Severe solar storm could supercharge auroras across US, impact power grids, NOAA warns Space.com Is a repeat of the 2019 repo crisis brewing? FT. The deck: “Pain and SOFRing.” Climate Hurricane...
Yves here. In an analogy to Putin remarking how he has found US presidents make genuine-sounding commitments to improve relations with Russia, then renege due to presumed bureaucratic undermining, Satyajit Das argues that both the US presidential contenders have limited...
Yves here. As Helene and Milton deliver a one-two punch to the Southeast US, and many parts of the world are besieged by record-setting heat and community and crop wrecking floods, a new study provides further confirmation that we can’t...
Yves here. We have a fair number of activists in our community. I would be curious to get their reactions to the article below. I have not been an activist, but I have read a pretty considerable amount of work...
A reminder: Figure 1: Wisconsin exports of goods in millions $ (blue), in millions of 2000$ (tan), n.s.a. Wisconsin exports deflated by US export price index, 2000=100. NBER defined peak-to-trough recession dates shaded gray. Trump administration shaded orange. Red dashed...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Back to the mimidae! Tropical Mockingbird (Mayan), Cerro de Hula, Francisco Morazán, Honduras. “In this recording, we can hear a perfect rendition of the call of the Clay-colored Thrush (Robin)...
