June 10, 2024 U.S. jobs report: These numbers have economists jawboning The latest U.S. payrolls report did little to settle the debate about where the job market is headed. BY Reuters The latest U.S. payrolls report did little to settle the debate about where the job market is headed, with ample fodder for both “soft-landing” believers … Continue reading U.S. jobs report: These numbers have economists jawboning
By Sam Becker June 16, 2023 Is there a certain aura around an audit? A new paper from economists at Harvard, the university of Sydney, and the Treasury Department appears to suggest so—at least for Uncle Sam. The paper, titled “A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution,” finds that for every … Continue reading Harvard economists have a surprisingly convincing argument in favor of IRS tax audits
Economists Latch On To Google Search, Trends Data For Analysis by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, January 25, 2019 Analysts and economists are using Google Search and Google Trends data to determine the economic status of the United States since the government shutdown and since the Commerce Department’s December retail report missed its scheduled January 16 release … Continue reading Economists Latch On To Google Search, Trends Data For Analysis
