Finance

Here are a few highlights from the trip: 1. El Salvador seems really safe, arguably “Canada safe” or maybe even safer. 2. I have never […]

The 10-year Treasury yield fell 40 bps during the week. This week, the year-end CME Fed funds futures fell 15 bps. By the end of […]

Here is a snapshot of some key indicators tracked by the NBER BCDC, along with monthly GDP: Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) from CES (blue), […]

In mine Defining Ideas In last month’s article, “The Draft Is Still a Bad Idea,” I made the case against the traditional draft for military […]

Here’s a new way to reduce youth driving deaths: We show that targeted legislation can change young people’s risky behaviour. We examine the effects of […]

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Blue Mockingbird, Presa Los Zompanties, Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico. Ten minutes of mockingbird! ****** ****** Plant […]

The Subcommittee on Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias of the Jewish Advisory Committee at Stanford University issued a 128-page report on May 31, 2024. praise for […]

1. The marshmallow test doesn’t stop. 2. What do they serve at the Arctic restaurant? 3. Top construction in Canada. 4. MONEY is looking for […]

Yves here. This practice of factory construction, observed by Wolf Richter, bears watching. It’s a concrete demonstration (pun intended) that there is a major effort […]

An interesting new paper The Political Economic Determinants of Nuclear Power: Evidence from Chernobyl by Makarin, Qian, and Wang was recently presented at NBER Pol. […]