You Might Like To Watch This Picture As Asset Prices Fall
“It is high time we rediscovered the role of the financial cycle in macroeconomics.” —Claudio Borio, Bank for International Settlements In May, we queued up the b-side of a record describing America’s...
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In “You Might Like to Watch This Picture as Asset Prices Fall,” we discussed a composite indicator called thin-air spending power (TSP). We also promised that the accompanying chartbook (the post that...
View ArticleTSP Indicator Update: Criss-Cross, Flip-Flop and Remembering 1966
In November, we argued that the business cycle rests heavily on a certain type of incremental spending—namely, spending that doesn’t require prior savings. We used the term thin-air spending power...
View ArticleU.S. Recession Watch: The Six-Cycle Forecast (Continued)
“If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.” —Attributed to Albert Einstein “In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one...
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