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  • Update on Capital Spending
    In a recent article, I reported that capital spending by U.S-based corporations was up 18.1% in the fourth quarter of 2006 (year over year),…
  • Immigration and Chinese reserves
    While I'm putting together my big piece (whose name and topic will not yet be spoken), I did an immigration commentary for this week's issue.…
  • Distracted
    Currently at work on a big story, and can't seem to do that and blog at the same time. But stay tuned......
  • Magazine cover-curse counter-curse
    Back in February, David Henry and I wrote the cover story
  • The Return of the Healthcare Economy
    Back last September, I wrote a cover story arguing that healthcare jobs were the main force behind the strong labor market. I got a lot of flack at…
  • Mankiw and Economic Journalists
    Greg Mankiw writes: Having broad interests works well for bloggers, undergraduate textbook authors, and White House policy advisers. All three jobs…
  • The End of Easy Money? Not so fast
    The latest issue of Time magazine has the story flagged on the cover:
  • The Future of Manufacturing
    The BLS has just come out with its latest 10 year employment projections, running from 2006 to 2016. The projections call for a 10.6% drop in the…
  • More Signs of the Coming Consumer Crunch
    The Associated Press carried this story yesterday: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming…
  • My Portfolio...
    Nobody cares, but.... ...I like to try and align my investments with my views on the economy. A year ago I shifted some of my money from domestic…

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