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Will a Slowing US Economy Curtail Future Rate Hikes?

Will a Slowing US Economy Curtail Future Rate Hikes?

On Thursday, August 26, the Commerce Department reported that while the US economy is shrinking, it is not declining as much as previously…
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Craig Hafer
Anxious Investors Wonder, Has Inflation Peaked?

Anxious Investors Wonder, Has Inflation Peaked?

On August 8th, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in lower than expected at 8.5%. The…
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Craig Hafer
US Trade Boosts Weak GDP in June

US Trade Boosts Weak GDP in June

The US Trade Deficit improved for the month of June as exports regained strength. On August 4, the Commerce Department reported that the…
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Craig Hafer
Globalization 2.0

Globalization 2.0

In the spring of 2005, Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote a book that claimed to predict the future. In 2022, everything was upended. …
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Food and Energy Prices Drive Inflation

Food and Energy Prices Drive Inflation

On July 18, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices were up 9.1% over the year ended June 2022. It was the largest…
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Dynamic Economies

Dynamic Economies

With the world’s eyes glued on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, few journalists noted the irony that February 21–28, 2022 marked the 50th…
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Craig Hafer
A Debate on Debt —Modern Monetary Theory, Alexander Hamilton and the end of fiscal conservatism.

A Debate on Debt —Modern Monetary Theory, Alexander Hamilton and th...

In September 1789, a 32-year-old Alexander Hamilton had a problem. As the newly appointed secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was…
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Craig Hafer
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