Thursday, August 27, 2015

Thursday morning radio: the economy on WREL

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Mike Smitka Well, I've gone through another week without a post on the auto industry, but Thursday has come and my WREL Lexington (VA) r...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

Low oil prices: not a Saudi conspiracy

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Mike Smitka Saudi Arabia is not what it used to be. Their petroleum and other liquids production in 2014, at 11.6 million barrels per day [...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Thursday Update (albeit posting late)

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Mike Smitka I do a weekly radio segment on the economy on WREL, the local Lexington Virgina AM radio station. Here are my notes from the Au...
Monday, August 17, 2015

China: yuan depreciation or dollar appreciation?

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by Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington and Lee University The coverage I've read focuses, implicitly or explicitly, on the RMB [yuan 元] /...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

How to Grow a Financial Business: Bubbles vs the Long Haul

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I've been struck by the correlation between large shifts in the flow of funds and bubbles, but haven't found data other than for the...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Employment: tortoise slow, tortoise steady?

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Since Summer 2011 job growth has generally outpaced population growth, adjusting for the retirement of the baby boomers. However, it's a...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Lambo: A Rampage of Conspicuous Consumption

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mike smitka If vehicles were purely practical devices to get from point A to point B then car enthusiasts would not exist. Colors? – everyth...