Category Archives: Macroeconomics

NO JURY DUTY

Posted on March 6, 2008 by | Leave a comment

I am no longer on jury duty, so your prayers for no class Friday are not answered.

There will be class as usual, and there will be a faculty meeting at 11:45 for the
Business Administration Department.

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When is it a recession?

Posted on March 4, 2008 by | Leave a comment

The NBER’s Recession Dating Procedure

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Some Insights into Chain Weighting

Posted on March 3, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Here are some articles on why chain weighting is important, and why you can’t interpret economic data without knowing how it was figured.

Using Chain Weighted Data

Alan Young on Chain Weighting – the BEA View

National Association of Manufacturers on Chain Weighting

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Posted in Macroeconomics