ricardian ambivalence

Dec jobs, seasonals, and online shopping

The Dec labour market report is a mixed bag. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.2% (November was revised down

After describing both the November and December rate cuts as close calls, it is clear that the RBA would like

I deliberately spent the break away from work stuff – including reading work stuff, work-ish blogs, and blogging myself –

I had been thinking that the European crisis would focus minds at the Fed, and that we may therefore have

The Australian reports today that from 2014 every childcare centre must employ a qualified teacher. I thought the evidence was

I am sitting in what the Americans would call a motel 6 but this being Australia I am paying much,

According to the FT, the HSBC China PMI for December was +1pt to 48.7pts. There is a meme out there

Polls suggest that the 76 year old Ron Paul may win Iowa. Surely, he’s too old to become president, however

Alan Blinder, former vice chair of the Fed, and Princeton Prof, has published the best op ed on what ail’s

The first Bruce Ministry compared with the third Gillard Ministry. Bruce Minister Minister Title Gillard Minister Minister Title Stanley Bruce

22 people in a cabinet is way too many. It only encourages bigger, more pointless government. What exactly will the

I have not paid the attention to the US primaries as I normally would but I watched this afternoon’s (Oz