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There are certain names that echo down from the history of finance and economics. Adam Smith is one. Milton Friedman is another. So does the British economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynes’ was, and famously remains, an advocate of government deficit spending in a recession. It’s hard to imagine now how radical this position was in the decade before the ...
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post: Fed’s Powell: US Economy Has Been Performing Very Well Fed’s Powell: US Economy Has a Very Strong Labor Mkt Fed’s Powell: Households Are in Good Shape Financially post: Powell: Overall a Good Picture Looking at US Economic Data So Far Fed’s Powell: Labor Mkt is Coming Back Into Better Balance Powell: Labor Mkt Moving Back Into Better Balance post: Powell: Signs of Gradual Cooling in the Labor Mkt with Supply and Demand Getting Into Better Balance Powell: Inflation in Q1 Was Notable for the Lack of Further Progress Powell: We Did Not Expect a Smooth Road on Inflation, We Have to Be Patient and Let Policy Do Its Work post: Fed’s Powell: We Expect Continued GDP Growth 2% or Better Powell: We Expect the Labor Mkt to Continue to Rebalance but Remain Strong Fed’s Powell: Expect Inflation Will Move Back Down Powell: Expect Inflation to Move Down Back to Levels More Like Last Year post: Fed's Powell: my confidence in inflation moving back down is lower than it was.