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Barter is Evil
04.01.2024
I am taking a deeper look at the accumulation of deficits and debt in American fiscal policy. It is a big issue with politics and political parties doing their best to counfound the central issues.
03.01.2024
As part of my look ahead for the year I got to wondering about the presidential election cycle and how it might influence the numbers.
28.10.2023
I get asked questions around the timing of COVID economic recovery often and this post shows a bit about my approach to answering the question. It is part of a bigger research project of mine as we…
27.10.2023
Back after a long hiatus due to health and adjustments. Time to discuss the pressing economic and demographic issues in ND again. Starting with the low hanging fruit of the unemployment rate.
01.03.2023
I look at the North Dakota total tax revenues over the 24 month biennium window for the current and past nine biennia. There are some seasonal patterns that come to light as well as some exceptiona…
11.02.2023
There is naturally a great deal of interest in the situation of the labor market and the Fed funds rate so I thought to look at some ND labor market measures and the funds rate.
01.02.2023
I hate the term quiet quitting because people apply it to all types of situations and therefore it means nothing. This is a brief discussion.
10.01.2023
The week ahead is pretty busy but busy is good. First week of classes is always exciting for me so that is a plus. Presentation on rare earth elements and price fluctuation impacts on business mode…
29.11.2022
North Dakota median age continues below the national median age. I highlight the differences by sex in this post.
Wow. If you thought the sacking of the Chancellor of the Excheguer after 38 days was amazing (it was) it was totally outdone by the ineptitude of the PM’s press conference.
After a long, and much longer than anticipated, health hiatus it is time to talk the economy again. That means local, state, and national issues and policies will all be considered. The current tra…
The legislative session will discuss many policy changes. Governor Burgum suggested a change in the ND individual income tax. I provide a look at data from about the last 20 years in this post.
Some recent reading on trade with China got me thinking about looking at a bit of data for the radio show tomorrow.
So gas prices are a frequent question right now along with oil. I address some of the relations between the two with an eye to prices in the midwest.
On the subject of gas prices there is a very direct action possible by government that is not getting any real attention: a temporary tax holiday.
Inflation has bee a hot topic the last few weeks and I expect it to continue. While inflation persists there was an observation of “record” sales tax collections. Let’s talk about…
Oil is still a key industry in North Dakota but recent output and price movements are not necessarily moving in ways we might expect. The recent global changes from OPEC still might not impact the …
So this is a bit longer, wordy post about an issue I confronted before on the radio and in other discussions. I do not think the term fiscal conservative means what people think it means.