My March 2023 white paper, Population: A Tale of Two Worlds, provided a good deal of information on differences in the growth rates of population in mature versus emerging countries, and the likely impact of this divergence on economics and the environment. Visual...
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Very Narrow Stock Market There is an unusual dynamic in the stock market that technical analysts find worrisome. However, since I am the world’s worst market forecaster, I will only outline what is happening and then leave it to others to determine its...
What Does Trucking Tell Us About The Economy? Pundits are prone to making confident predictions regarding the economy, but the reality is that the outlook is generally uncertain and there are always crosscurrents. A great example is the trucking industry which is in...
Wall Street has always been subject to fads that generally begin with a rational premise and then morph into bubbles as they gain popularity in the broader public. I am not referring to meme stocks such as GameStop which soared and then crashed...
American credit card debt in the first quarter of 2023 was at a record level of $986 billion having exceeded the previous high of $927 billion which took place in the fourth quarter of 2019. One particularly interesting note is that debt was...
Our current bout of inflation was initially attributed to supply chain shocks, the war in Ukraine, and other “transitory” issues. These problems seem to be abating and the reported rate of inflation has now declined for ten consecutive months. However, the Federal Reserve...