As do many economists, I have a strong bias for free trade. These are not happy times for those of..

Macro Strategies, Trade

To almost no one’s surprise, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) changed no..

Macro Strategies, The Fed, Central Banks

November 2015 ranked as the 25th warmest November in the last 121 years. The weather was..

The rebound is over, and we can’t just blame the dreadful winter weather. Much recent data have..

Macro Strategies

US consumers are feeling friskier according to recent data.

While the three surveys below differ on..

Macro Strategies