Is recession on the horizon?
Another week of pundits and anchors putting lipstick on a pig and trying to sell the idea that the economy is improving.
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Another week of pundits and anchors putting lipstick on a pig and trying to sell the idea that the economy is improving.
As I warn my students every semester, you can ask three economists the same question and get four different answers. Sit back and enjoy this mixed bag of economy reporting.
There’s more mixed news this week as some economists struggle to stay optimistic. Joe’s petroleum reserve releases aren’t fixing prices or the diesel shortage.
Federal this, recession that. Deficit this, “hard landing” that. Let’s put “stagflation” in a cage match with “rising mortgage rates” and see who wins.
In this week’s Texas Economic Report from Dr. Jack Reynolds, the signs continue to point to dark economic times ahead.
Pundits are divided about the economy, and the data and reports are divided also. Texian Partisan’s Dr. Jack Reynolds brings the highlights and commentary on today’s Texas Economic Report.
Larry Summers urges the Fed to keep raising rates – and warns that hiking too slowly risks an economic disaster: “[I]f the Fed is serious about curbing inflation, [Obama’s Treasury Secretary Larry...
Here are some highlights of economic news this past week, carefully curated and quickly summarized with a quote or two, with links to more information.