Economy
A Different Perspective on the Sales of New Single Family Homes
New home sales in the United States look like they are on a tear, at least compared to levels from early 2010. Here is a ……Read More
Business
Economy
Labor’s Lost Share of GDP
The current economic expansion is quite different for those of us that labor for wages. Let's do a bit of background work on the ……Read More
Markets
Disconnecting the Price of Gasoline from the Price of Oil
As a geoscientist that was employed in the oil industry for nearly three decades, I still watch the world's oil markets closely. I had been ……Read More
Economy
Household Debt and Delinquency Levels and Their Impact on GDP Growth
The recent Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit from the New York Fed shows an interesting change in the trend of household debt in ……Read More
Economy
Quantitative Easing Part 3 The Losers
In Part 1 of this series on the impact of central bank actions on the economy, I looked at the total size of the interference ……Read More
Economy
Quantitative Easing Part 2 The Winners
In Part 1 of this series on the impact of central bank actions on the economy, I looked at the total size of the interference ……Read More