Here is what is happening around the net. These are what I have read over the weekend. Perhaps you will find them interesting too. Germany’s economic policy is hurting Europe, the world, and itself – The German Marshall Fund has said that 40% of bridges in Germany are in “critical condition”. The Cologne Institute for Economic…
Noted for your morning ruminations or procrastinations – take your pick. Here is what I read earlier that you may also find interesting: Are We Becoming a Part-Time Economy? – But that doesn’t necessarily imply we are moving toward a permanently higher share of the workforce engaged in part-time employment. As our colleague Julie Hotchkiss pointed out,…
Here is what’s happening around the net that I came across on Wednesday and Thursday morning. A financial crisis-era economic warning sign has appeared – This was one of the things that happened in 2008, prior to the Lehman Moment. The inventories/sale ratio in January 2008 was 1.16 – just where it was in December a…
Here is what is happening around the net that I stumbled across on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. It looks like OPEC is winning the oil price war – Demand for oil from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is set to rise this year, while growth in US oil production will slow as American energy firms cut back…
Noted for your Tuesday morning ruminations or procrastinations – take you pick. Here is what is happening around the net that I came across on Monday and early morning preparing for the day’s activities. EU energy consumption level falls to 20-year low – The dramatic drop in annual consumption – in 2013, the year to which…
Noted for your Monday morning ruminations or procrastinations – take you pick. Here are some of the interesting things that I read over the weekend and Monday morning that you may also find thought provoking. Anxiety and Interest Rates: How Uncertainty Is Weighing on Us – One puzzle is that many people are willing to lock…
Noted for your weekend ruminations or procrastinations – take your pick. Here is what I read or perused on Friday and weekend. Hope you will find it interesting and intellectually stimulating. The Dollar and the Recovery (Wonkish) – So, what’s actually happening? The dollar is rising a lot, which suggests that markets regard the relative rise in US…
Noted for you Friday morning ruminations or procrastination – take you pick. This is what I read on Thursday and Friday morning in preparation for the day’s action. A Dance With Draghi – You can say many things about Mario Draghi; it’s quite possible that he will fail to save the euro, and quite possible that…
Noted for you Thursday morning ruminations or procrastinations – take your pick. Fed optimism could cost the economy dearly – If the Fed is overly optimistic yet again — as it has been throughout the Great Recession and subsequent recovery — and if it fails to recognize its tendency to wear rose-colored glasses, it could…
Noted for you Wednesday morning rumination or procrastination – take your pick. These are some of the reports, analysis and news-items that I perused through on Tuesday and Wednesday morning in preparation for the day’s activity. You may find them interesting and thought provoking or entertaining. Tough Fedding – Core inflation is drifting downward, not upward, and…