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October 29, 2007

Econoblogger at work

Cute pic from the Curious Capitalist.

Posted by James Hamilton at October 29, 2007 06:51 AM

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Ah hah. Finally, a chance to peer over the shoulder of a hard working economist inside the walls of the economic factory.

Posted by: General Specific at October 29, 2007 10:27 AM

Caption - "I am always amazed at what these amateurs think."

Posted by: Rich Berger at October 29, 2007 12:00 PM

And here's the page he's viewing. This is very meta.

Posted by: Joseph at October 29, 2007 03:55 PM

Hi Prof. Chinn, is blog-writing a burden to you? how many hours you spend on it each week?

Posted by: Lester liu at October 29, 2007 11:48 PM

We can start worrying about the oil price shock- and we can start worrying about the recession. However, our interest rate based Business Cycle Indicator signalled a recession in April 2005. In the past it has led economic downturns by 9 to 24 months. We can blame oil prices. We can blame the housing market. Hell, we can even blame the stars if we want. But that doesn't change the role interest rates play. See our April post at Van Schaik's Economic Outlook http://jpetervanschaik.googlepages.com

Posted by: Peter Van Schaik at October 30, 2007 05:14 PM