![TAFTA [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons](https://i0.wp.com/thegreatrecession.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/Bull_and_Bear-Fight-2.jpg?fit=150%2C101&ssl=1)
As I’ve written about extensively, we know the Federal Reserve has painted itself into a corner where it is now pressured to start tapering its quantitative easing earlier than it had been indicating. Now we are seeing signs that the bond market isn’t liking the news out of the last FOMC meeting, which hinted strongly […]
Inflation is now rising faster than anything IHS Markit has ever seen in its Purchasing Manager’s Index, but it gets worse: It is not just cost outputs to consumers that are being passed along, but the rise in new input costs has also picked up pace. That means even higher price increases are building up […]
Joe Biden is looking a little Grinchy, having decided to fire the unvaccinated across America as we head toward the holidays. Even though the end of enhanced unemployment benefits has not brought back millions of former employees who’ve held out since the COVID lockdown, Biden decided it would be wise to fire a lot more […]
![John Robert Charlton [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]](https://i0.wp.com/thegreatrecession.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/Monster-of-the-Deep.jpg?fit=109%2C150&ssl=1)
Stagflation is showing up in data points and articles everywhere now. Delta worries, labor shortages and fading Washington stimulus — it’s enough to cast a chill on the U.S. economy this fall. A bevy of Wall Street forecasters chopped their targets for U.S. growth after a poor U.S. jobs report for August. The government on […]
You are currently browsing the The Great Recession Blog archives for September, 2021.
