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Where has all the quantitative easing money gone?
Amid all the talk of when and how to end or reverse quantitative easing, one question is almost never discussed: Why have…
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U.K. GDP expands a mere 0.1%, sparking worries about stagflation
London stocks inched higher on Friday, bouncing back from sharp losses, but investors were facing downbeat data that showed the…
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Economic growth is slowing as delta variant hits tourism and restaurants, according to Fed’s Beige Book
The outlook: Economic growth in the U.S. slowed to a moderate pace in early July through August, according to the…
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The surprising impact of properly accounting for pollution in the GDP numbers
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Project Syndicate)— Once, on a flight out of Albuquerque, I was reading a glossy magazine article criticizing…
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Powell risks his legacy if he doesn’t start tapering soon
The Federal Reserve should move quickly to taper purchases of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities, or it risks losing its independence…
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Delta and shortages trip up U.S. economy and spur Wall Street to chop GDP forecasts
Delta worries, labor shortages and fading Washington stimulus — it’s enough to cast a chill on the U.S. economy this…
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In one chart, how much personal incomes would have suffered without federal COVID stimulus
Just how immense was the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 downturn? In the first quarter of 2021, more than…
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Opinion: Social Security’s funding gap is now three times GDP
Well, the latest official report on the status of Social Security has just dropped, and it’s a doozy. So far…
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India’s Economy Is Healing but Battered by Covid-19 Waves
NEW DELHI—India’s economy is growing at a record pace but still digging out from one of the deepest recessions to…
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China’s July Jitters Become a Summer Slump
It has been a difficult summer for the world’s second-largest economy—a fact fully confirmed by China’s official August purchasing managers’…
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