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How Safe Are Money Market Mutual Funds?
Written by Steven Hansen I really have two focus discussions this week and will start with the headline topic. Most of us have a few coins parked in our brokerage account – and usually this money is swept into a … Continue reading
The Trillion Dollar War of Choice and the Constraints on Macro Policy
by Guest Author Menzie Chinn
The cost of the Iraq War has reached almost trillion dollars – at least $805.6 billion as of the end of September, not including debt service and additional reset costs; around $940 billion including interest payments.
As the US economy faces the prospects of stagnant growth or recession, it is of interest to see why the scope for fiscal policy is so circumscribed — that is, why is the debt level so high given that in the last year of the Clinton Administration we were paying down debt? Figure 1 depicts part of the answer (other parts, here). Continue reading
Posted in Government, macroeconomics
Tagged deficits, federal budget, fiscal policy, foreign policy, Iraq War, Menzie Chinn
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Forecasts: What and How Do Business Economists Think?
The WSJ and Philadelphia Fed surveys of economists were released a couple of weeks ago. It’s of interest to consider what they imply for the macro outlook, and additionally, how they believe inflation will evolve as a function of other variables. As these economists are, on average, a fairly conservative group, it may surprise some that about 50% felt that federal budget cuts would hurt the economy over the next two years. Continue reading
Posted in Studies
Tagged austerity, deficits, federal budget, Menzie Chinn, recovery, stimulus, tax cuts
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