[unable to retrieve full-text content]Here we are EOM February, have economic projections improved under Trump? I do not believe, this administration gives a damn about economic projections. It is open to questions though. 🙂 Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM), “The Fed’s Summary of Economic Projections isn’t living up to its promises,” Claudia Sahm On December 18th, the Fed officials voted to […] The post Economic Projections is not living up to its promises...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Charles Gaba at ACA Signups commenting on Trump and Vance selling out Ukraine. Today if you missed it, you can see our best of the best negotiators bullying Zelinsky as they attempt to sell out Ukraine to Russia. And still Trump wants to have access to Ukraine’s minerals. What jackasses we have for leadership. If […] The post Charles Gaba Commenting on Trump and Vance appeared first on Angry Bear.

Till today there is a widespread presumption that Neoliberalism (NL) is the dominant political-economic paradigm in the West but also in the greater part of the world. This paper argues that this is not so and that since the beginning of the 21st century NL has fallen from grace and has been replaced by the equally conservative New Keynesianism (NK) with the New Macroeconomic Consensus (NMC). The fundamental sign of this transition is the widespread and growing state economic...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Citigroup credited a client’s account with $81tn when it meant to send only $280, an error that could hinder the bank’s attempt to persuade regulators that it has fixed long-standing operational issues. Yes, that is 81 trillion U.S. Dollars, which about says it all. The good news for Citi is that–this time–they managed to get […] The post Time for A Few Small Repairs? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]America has set its life upon a cast and will now stand the hazard of the die.  As of today, most likely, Trump’s legacy will be that he sold out the United States of America, Ukraine, Europe, and Taiwan for his own personal benefit, and perhaps a nineteenth-century fantasy.  That his threats to annex Panama […] The post The Legacy appeared first on Angry Bear.

Switching one dollar for another.

from Lars Syll  A science that fails to reflect on its own history and neglects critical methodological and theoretical questions about its practice is a science in crisis. As early as 1991, a commission led by Anne Krueger—featuring esteemed economists such as Kenneth Arrow, Edward Leamer, and Joseph Stiglitz—highlighted a fundamental weakness in graduate economics education. Drawing from their own experiences, they observed an alarming disconnect between theoretical and econometric...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Each week, R.J. sends me briefings on various topics (covid, etc.) impacting the nation. This particular report caught my eye. If you have worked in the food industry, you would know an outbreak of listeria is serious. Such an outbreak leads to a shutdown of a facility for a long period of time. The FDA […] The post Illnesses from contaminated food increased in 2024 appeared first on Angry Bear.

I recently co-authored a report on the need for more rental housing for francophone seniors in minority situations. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview of the report: https://nickfalvo.ca/subsidized-housing-for-francophone-seniors-in-minority-situations/