tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post6955049875364141145..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: The Week's Economic ReportsTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-53999384906832667632007-04-15T21:35:00.000-07:002007-04-15T21:35:00.000-07:00Late August '06-mid-jan '07 (the energy sell-off) ...Late August '06-mid-jan '07 (the energy sell-off) was just a temporary interlude; that was my thesis the whole time. Looks like it was true. <BR/><BR/>The Fed's acknowledgement of stalling productivity growth is a whopper. Productivity growth basically *is* wealth, in the parlance of the prevailing economic model. If productivity growth falls short, inflation and debt accumulation can run away. <BR/><BR/>As usual for extremely tendentious government statistics, productivity growth has been smoothed and exaggerated upward (tied to GDP/PCE gaming), and as a result we likely crossed the critical point long ago. Now it's just impossible to hide.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the trade deficit; it continues to amaze me how no one in the MSM or the prevailing punditry class seems to notice that when the dollar falls significantly, the trade deficit narrows noticeably. Is it <B>that</B> taboo to mention that the dollar is falling?Aaron Krownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10625220296615695247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-77074994962751485132007-04-14T15:52:00.000-07:002007-04-14T15:52:00.000-07:00Works now. Thanks. I use your links a lot becaus...Works now. Thanks. I use your links a lot because you have the best list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-34526529609950772032007-04-14T15:50:00.000-07:002007-04-14T15:50:00.000-07:00It should be better now. I had seen some odd thing...It should be better now. I had seen some odd things after having mucked with the template a little bit, but I just undid a few changes and those odd things went away.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-25319855064519152192007-04-14T14:57:00.000-07:002007-04-14T14:57:00.000-07:00For some reason the right sidebar with the links, ...For some reason the right sidebar with the links, etc. disappears as soon as it finishes loading. Am I the only one having this problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-31257681180178076212007-04-14T07:59:00.000-07:002007-04-14T07:59:00.000-07:00PPI up 2.3% in two months -- 13.8% annualized. Is ...PPI up 2.3% in two months -- 13.8% annualized. Is it getting Weimar in here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com