Investing to Wealth

A Conference on "Analyzing (External) Imbalances"

{ Posted on Feb 07 2012 by Menzie Chinn }

Tags : Economics, Funds, Investing, Investments, market, Portfolio Optimization, Stock, trading, Wall Street
Categories : Econbrowser, international, Money

Last week I had the opportunity to attend an IMF conference (organized by Olivier Blanchard, Krishna Srinivasan, and Hamid Faruqee) focusing on the critical issue of assessing the sources of the pre-crisis imbalances in systemically key countries. The proceedings ...Read More »

A Plea for Aspiring Economic Analysts to Read the Footnotes

{ Posted on Feb 06 2012 by Menzie Chinn }

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Tags : Economics, Funds, Investing, Investments, market, Portfolio Optimization, Stock, trading, Wall Street
Categories : Econbrowser, employment, Money

Actually, not even the footnotes -- just the text accompanying data releases (in this case it's the second paragraph, in a box, of the release). Although, I must admit, this long rant by FoxForum contributing writer Noel Sheppard just made ...Read More »

Economic conditions improving

{ Posted on Feb 05 2012 by James Hamilton }

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Tags : Economics, Funds, Investing, Investments, market, Portfolio Optimization, Stock, trading, Wall Street
Categories : autos, Econbrowser, Money

Last week's data suggest that the U.S. economic recovery is continuing to gain some strength. Read More »

Messages from the January Employment Release: Accelerating Improvement for Now

{ Posted on Feb 03 2012 by Menzie Chinn }

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Tags : Economics, Funds, Investing, Investments, market, Portfolio Optimization, Stock, trading, Wall Street
Categories : Econbrowser, employment, Money

Employment growth accelerates along several dimensions: nonfarm payroll, an alternative measure of nonfarm payroll, private employment, hours, and civilian employment (report here). However, JEC vice chairman Brady (JEC-Republicans) states in a press release: "Job Numbers Mask Underlying Job Weakness." Read More »

Net Exports, Exports, Real Exchange Rates and Manufacturing

{ Posted on Feb 02 2012 by Menzie Chinn }

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Tags : Economics, Funds, Investing, Investments, market, Portfolio Optimization, Stock, trading, Wall Street
Categories : Econbrowser, international, Money

Several observers have noted that exports have increased substantially since the President made his commitment to doubling exports. [1] The most recent GDP release confirms improvement in the net exports to GDP ratio (ex. oil imports) and real exports, and ...Read More »

Links for 2012-02-01

{ Posted on Feb 01 2012 by James Hamilton }

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Tags : Economics, Funds, Investing, Investments, market, Portfolio Optimization, Stock, trading, Wall Street
Categories : Econbrowser, here and there, Money

Quick links to a few items I found interesting. Read More »

CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook: Tax Expenditures

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Menzie Chinn }

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Tags : Economics, Funds, Investing, Investments, market, Portfolio Optimization, Stock, trading, Wall Street
Categories : Econbrowser, Money, Taxes

The CBO has just released the Budget and Economic Outlook. The document is full of extremely useful information, and provides a useful anodyne for some of the reality-free analyses floating around (examples here). For now, I'll just highlight two interesting ...Read More »

CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook: Tax Expenditures

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Menzie Chinn }

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Tags : Economics, Funds, Investing, Investments, market, Portfolio Optimization, Stock, trading, Wall Street
Categories : Econbrowser, Money, Taxes

The CBO has just released the Budget and Economic Outlook. The document is full of extremely useful information, and provides a useful anodyne for some of the reality-free analyses floating around (examples here). For now, I'll just highlight two interesting ...Read More »