Tag Archives: US EConomics

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Mistake in Administering Property Taxes Results in a 1200 Percent Increase? This reads like something in a tabloid. However, it is occurring in an Illinois county. Montgomery County Assessor Kendra Niehaus discovered the assessment was being calculated incorrectly. A tract of woodland should have a tax rate applied to 33.33% of its fair market value. […] The post Misapplied Property Tax Economics appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Recently, Anthem BCBS rescinded its policy of limiting the amount of anesthesia it would pay for during operations. The policy conjured images of patients waking up before the end of their operations, or later being confronted with unexpected bills. But allegedly, that’s not the intent: “Anesthesia services are billed partially on the basis of how […] The post Who pays? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] – by New Deal democrat No economic news again today. Tomorrow we will get the CPI report for November. As to which, I have read a few posts in which the claim is made that inflation, especially core inflation, is picking up again. It certainly could happen, but in my opinion the evidence for such a […] The post The case for accelerating inflation is weak appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] – by New Deal democrat Most of the commentary about Friday’s jobs report for November was positive. By contrast, my summary – in which I averaged the two last reports to take into account the hurricane whipsaw – was much more cautious, as were the takes by a few other commentators I respect, like Ernie Tedeschi. […] The post Yellow flags from the November jobs report appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I believe it was about 4-5 years ago, we decided to move from our of 2600 square feet on 2/3rds of an acre. We also wanted to get to some place warmer. We did eventually do both and not exactly where we wanted. The first year we went exploring in the areas around Phoenix and […] The post With a Decline in Interest Rates, Home Sales Went Up in October appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]This is something Angry Bear has been following for a few years. A person may go to the doctor for one issue and the office wants to expand the visit to other supposed issues. An example being having a comprehensive blood test two months previous and their wanting to repeat the same blood test. The […] The post Two-Thirds of the Growth in High Intensity Hospital Stays Not Explained by Changes in Patient Demographics or Pre-Existing Comorbidities...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]We often talk about poverty and people living in poverty as measured by the government, Then, we set policy with regards to them. We never quite realize the impact of the programs on the people on the receiving end. A brief recital of facts and figures in charts. I also do not believe we get […] The post A Measure of Poverty in the United States appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. This week whipsawed the data that was heavily influenced by Thanksgiving week.  The tone of the short leading and coincident data remains positive. The negativity of much of the long leading data is becoming more problematic. As usual, clicking over and reading […] The post New Deal Democrats Weekly Indicators December 2-6 appeared first on...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]November jobs report: the expected monthly rebound masks deeper declining trends  – by New Deal democrat To understand this month’s jobs report, let’s start with last month’s, where I wrote that “there were some signs of real weakness in this report that do not appear to be hurricane-related. But Hurricane Milton, as well as the […] The post Monthly Rebound Masks Deeper Declining Trends appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]This is a good take on what has been happening with United States Fiscal policies impacting its economy. It does mention former President Trump’s 2017 tax break which targeted the upper 5% of taxpayers with substantial breaks. We should look further to the 2001 and 2003 Bush’s tax breaks which Obama extended for two years […] The post A Fiscal Policy in a Global Context? appeared first on Angry Bear.