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Higher and higherTHE American labour market has opted not to keep us all in suspense, wondering whether and when the unemployment rate might crest the 10% level. As of the month of October, the unemployment rate stood at 10.2%—only the second time in America's postwar history that has happened. On the brigh... |
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What can America learn from Europe?SEVERAL (though by no means all) of Europe's larger economies have come through the current recession without experiencing quite the large jump in unemployment that has plagued America, turning on its head the usual perception of European labour markets as persistently beset by high rates of jobl... |
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Spotting the next crashFELIX SALMON, back from a long blog vacation, is keeping his eyes open for the next big crash, and he thinks his old boss Nouriel Roubini has spotted a good candidate:Nouriel’s analysis is quite compelling, given the way the carry trade works. In its most harmless form, people borrow at low... |
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Fifty years of nominal spendingALEX TABARROK says that this chart, from David Beckworth, "sums up a lot of recent economic history".Mr Beckworth is suggesting that nominal spending be considered an indicator of the tightness, or looseness, of monetary policy. So for instance, the poor state of macroeconomic managemen... |
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When does disclosure help?I LIKE this point from Al Gore, via Elizabeth Kolbert, via Brad Plumer: Once the world makes it clear that we are going to follow a roadmap to a low-carbon economy, the best-managed businesses will seek to race out in front of that emerging trend. Indeed, you’re already seeing a lot of them... |
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Time to drop the priceHOMES are idiosyncratic purchases. When home shopping you can look at comparable sales or ask experts for their opinion on value, but it's difficult to know what any specific home is worth and whether a seller is pricing above market. Of course, one way to tell if a home is overpriced is to see w... |
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