Job growth in February may signal start of a hiring boom as the economy reopens

Economy | March 5, 2021

February's much stronger-than-expected job growth could the be start of a period of much stronger hiring, as the economy reopens.[FULL STORY]

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One year in, COVID-19’s uneven spread across the US continues

Brookings Topics - U.S. Economic Performance | March 5, 2021

By William H. FreyContentsUneven national and regional shifts in COVID-19 casesA state-level look at where COVID-19 surgedMarch to May 2020: Westward dispersion from...[FULL STORY]

The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms

Brookings Topics - Asia and the Pacific | March 2, 2021

By Adam P. LiffThis volume seeks to explain the political economy of the Abe government and the so-called “Abenomics” economic policies. The Abe government represents a major turning point in postwar Japanese political economy. In 2019, Shinzo Abe became the longest serving prime minister in Japanese history. Abe’s government...[FULL STORY]

Putting girls at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic response in Africa

Brookings Topics - Middle East and North Africa | March 5, 2021

By Mamta MurthiThis week, as we approach International Women’s Day, government leaders are gathering at the World Bank Global Forum on Human Capital discussing, among other things,...[FULL STORY]

Smoothing fracking’s boom/bust cycle

Brookings Topics - North America | July 29, 2016

Mark Muro, senior fellow and policy director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, discusses a plan to address the economic boom-bust cycle in states that rely heavily on “fracking” and how this...[FULL STORY]

Repairing the rift with Turkey

Brookings Topics - Europe | November 18, 2020

By Michael E. O'Hanlon, Ömer TaşpınarCan a Biden administration repair the U.S. relationship with Turkey — a geostrategically important NATO ally whose partnership with Washington gradually deteriorated in the past few years?  Short of policy...[FULL STORY]

Interest Rates and Inflation

Larry Davidson's Thoughts on Macro and Other Stuff | March 2, 2021

Last week the various stock market indices did some back flips, apparently because, like a vegan pizza, investors didn't much like the taste of interest rates. Of course the actual rate on that day went up so little that you couldn't find it among...[FULL STORY]

Mish Moved Off Blogger to MishTalk.Com - For Email Alerts Please Sign Up Again on MishTalk!

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis | March 20, 2016

I announced on February 22 Goodbye Blogger, Hello WordPress: Mish's GlobalEconomicAnalysis has Moved to MishTalk.Com. My needs outgrew blogger.The top reason is that...[FULL STORY]

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