capital investment

I wrote a post about six months ago called "Misunderstanding Modern Monetary Theory" on deficits and resource allocation that I was re-reading. I wanted to add some off-the-cuff comments that might be relevant to today's…

Here's the bullish case for shares. I don't think you can sustain this in tech beyond a short-term rally without a robust investment in capital by business. And I suspect that would also mean increased hiring as well.

by Annaly Capital Management Thursday’s third quarter GDP release provides a ton of fodder for the data dorks among us. There will be more to follow on this in the October monthly commentary, but today we’ll look at just one of the…

The short answer to my question is no. I was thinking about this early today and here's what I have come up with as a more fleshed out answer. Budget deficits are the result of an ex-post accounting identity. In plain English this means…

In regards to Ed's last post on China and trade, the position of Michael Pettis is much closer to mine (and Martin Wolf's, which he expressed yesterday in the FT).  The quote of Pettis that Ed cites does not invalidate my position at…

Yesterday, Ed sent me an article by James Fallows on some 2006 comments by Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell regarding the threat to the United States posed by China. She said China had a "carefully thought out…

by Michael Pettis On Wednesday I will be putting up my piece on the politics of China’s adjustment process, but before doing that I wanted to mention a few recent particles worthy of comment.  First, Jamil Anderlinin has a long and…

With a pressing unemployment problem depressing growth in the US, former president Clinton plans to demonstrate his five-year old public service community can create jobs in America while still implementing projects that achieve results…

As is often the case, the genesis of this post is a conversation initiated by Edward (Harrison) on the question of why we aren’t using monetary policy to stimulate aggregate demand. That question was posed here by Tyler Cowen at Marginal…

CNBC discusses the small tick up in the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index with William Dunkelberg, Chief Economist for the National Federation of Independent Business. Note that despite the uptick, small businesses are not saying they plan…