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Thoughts on economics, business and current affairs

Friday, 1 November 2024

Enough's enough

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The BLS reported this morning that the US economy added only 12,000 jobs in October, and September's report was revised lower by more th...
Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Outsized jumbo

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After last week's news that Canada's headline CPI fell to 1.6 percent in September, market expectations for the next Bank of Canada...
Friday, 11 October 2024

Now what (part deux)?

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The strong September employment data announced in the US last Friday effectively derailed expectations of another 50 basis point Fed rate cu...
Friday, 4 October 2024

Now what?

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September's non-farm payrolls report , released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, came in way above market expectations. W...
Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Doing things by halves

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The US Federal Reserve today launched the widely-anticipated easing cycle with a full 50 basis point rate cut, dropping the fed funds target...
Tuesday, 17 September 2024

Right on target!

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Canada's headline CPI finally returned to the Bank of Canada's target in August, falling 2.0 percent year-on-year from the 2.5 perce...
Monday, 16 September 2024

US economic policy: bad ideas galore!

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What with all the insults, threats and bizarre assassination attempts. one aspect of the ongoing US Presidential election campaign is going ...
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"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money" -- Dr Johnson. Well, that's me told! I'm also on Twitter (@jimweibo), but most of my tweets are just links to my blog posts!
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