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The 2013 Economic Outlook – Bright Sunshine for the U.S., Periods of Cloud Abroad

by Paul Kasriel, The Econtrarian Author’s Warning: Do not attempt reading the entirety of this commentary without the aid of your stimulant of choice. I apologize for the length of the commentary, but believed it necessary in order to inform … Continue reading

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Macroeconomics and the Financial Cycle: Hamlet without the Prince?

by Claudio Borio, Voxeu.org Since the early 1980s, the financial cycle has re-emerged as a major force driving the macroeconomy, but economic analysis has not caught up. This column argues that macroeconomics without the financial cycle is like Hamlet without … Continue reading

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Teaching Macroeconomics to Undergraduates in The Post-Crisis Era

How Should Macroeconomics Be Taught to Undergraduates in The Post-Crisis Era? A Concrete Proposal by Wendy Carlin, Voxeu.org Is economic teaching keeping up with the changing economy? This column presents a new way of teaching economics in light of the … Continue reading

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The Week That Was Stormy

Written by Stephen Swanson A shortened trading week was not affected by economic releases and during the past week we saw a slew of releases generally confirming our picture of stable but anemic growth but with hints of strength in … Continue reading

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The Week That Was: 27 October 2012

Making Slow Progress Written by Stephen Swanson The economic data released during the past week tended to be solid and confirming with no sharp breaks from past trends and nothing to change the course of our thinking. If anything, we … Continue reading

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The Week That Was 20 October 2012

Written by Stephen Swanson Much economic data was published this past week and the scope of the releases was sufficiently broad as to allow inferences to be drawn as to how most sectors of the economy are performing even though … Continue reading

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Global Growth is Slowing and China is the Wild Card

Written by Stephen Swanson Over the past two weeks a spate of manufacturing PMI and confidence surveys and have been released for many developed and emerging market economies, offering an insight into the depth and breadth of what is often … Continue reading

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The Week That Was, 29 September 2012

by Stephen Swanson We enjoyed a week very rich in US economic data releases covering most sectors of the economy including final revisions to estimates for second quarter growth in GDP and readings on industrial production, business investment, residential investment, … Continue reading

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Analyzing the Week That Was: 14 July 2012

Written by Stephen Swanson The global economy is deteriorating faster than central banks can ease policy through implementing measures of questionable effectiveness or taking steps whose effect is subject to diminishing returns. Fears of a slowdown in the global economy … Continue reading

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Analyzing a Week That Was No Fourth of July Celebration

Written by Stephen Swanson The outlook for the global economy and the US, in particular, darkened considerably this past week and occasioned many to write-down their estimates for US and global economic growth while global central bankers loosened monetary policy … Continue reading

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Evaluating Responses to India’s Macroeconomic Crisis

by Shubho Roy and Ajay Shah The macroeconomic setting India’s macroeconomic woes consist of high inflation, low GDP growth and a drop in asset prices. The loss of momentum is visible in the seasonally adjusted data:

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