Morning Macro

It's not your imagination. Your disposable income, adjusted for inflation, is not what it used to be, and it's not buying what it used to buy. And yet, many households have managed to maintain their standard of living just fine.

The pain of inflation seeks a cure, but that cure brings another form of economic pain — recession.

In The Moment ... April 13, 2020 Show 794 Hour 1Remember when the U.S. economy was in the "longest peacetime expansion in U.S. history?" Well, the novel…

In The Moment ... March 16, 2020 Show 774 Hour 1The Federal Reserve acted aggressively over the weekend, slashing interest rates to near zero in an…

In The Moment ... March 2, 2020 Show 764 Hour 1Fears of the novel coronavirus are rippling throughout the economy, adding to the potential public health…

In The Moment ... January 27, 2020 Show 741 Hour 1The American economy is still in its expansion phase, even though that expansion is relatively weak. But…

In The Moment ... January 13, 2020 Show 732 Hour 1 What are macroeconomists thinking and dreaming of these days? Earlier this month the American Economic…

In The Moment ... December 2, 2019 Show 710 Hour 1Most of us have a basic understanding of interest rates -- especially as they relate to our mortgages,…

In The Moment ... November 18, 2019 Show 701 Hour 1It's time to break down the numbers (and break apart the rhetoric) regarding fiscal policy and the…

In The Moment ... November 4, 2019 Show 693 Hour 1You might have heard last week that the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee cut its target range for…