Texas Is the Future
In the government's state-by-state survey of economic growth in 2011, six states' economies contracted, some were helped by manufacturing or energy, and Texas showed broad-based gains.
View ArticleNew Figures Put Recession and Recovery in Focus
An update of economic figures shows that 2009 was a little better, and 2010 a little worse, than was estimated last summer -- but that the recession was deeper than it seemed while it was going on.
View ArticleInflation Deflation
Is the 12-month inflation rate 1.4 percent, or is it 2.3 percent, or something in between? All of the above.
View ArticleCorporate Tax Revenues Still Look Weak
Government estimates released today show that corporate profits (and corporate tax revenues) rose from the last quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009. But compared to what they were a year ago,...
View ArticleInvestigating Inequality
The data needed to measure income distribution accurately is lacking, an economist writes.
View ArticleVisualizing Booming Profits
A look at the record corporate profits that came in last quarter, and how they compared with previous quarters over the last 60 years.
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