James Marriott on Reading – Econlib
0:37Intro. Russ Roberts: Today is June 19th, 2025, and my guest is writer and journalist James Marriott of The Times of London, where...
“Groceries” under Trump | Econbrowser
ERS predicts 2.2% increase in food-at-home prices in 2025.
Figure 1: CPI food-at-home (black); ERS forecast of January (light blue square), ERS forecast of...
CEA: “Imported Goods Have Been Getting Cheaper Relative to Domestically Produced Goods”
That’s the title of a report by the Trump administration CEA earlier this month. It’s an interesting question whether this is the relevant...
EJ Antoni on the No Tariff Pass Through Thesis
From Heritage Chief Economist EJ Antoni on X:
N.B.: this is an INDIRECT indicator of tariffs not being passed on b/c import prices have...
Thanks, Drumpf | Econbrowser
WSJ mean survey forecast relative to 2023-2024 trend.
Figure 1: GDP (bold black), 2023-2024 stochastic trend (blue), WSJ July mean (tan), WSJ 20% high/low...
Economic Policy Uncertainty and Economic Uncertainty
Policy uncertainty has remains high; does it matter for economic uncertainty?
Figure 1: EPU-trade category (blue, left scale), and Trade Policy Uncertainty index (red, right...
Does the US Benefit When the US Dollar is the Global Reserve Currency?
I have been asked a surprising (to me) number of times over the years whether the US dollar was in danger of losing...
