That’s the positive spin. The latest S&P/Case-Shiller home-price numbers (pdf) are out. I may put together a pretty chart later, but I’ve got a column to write today. The headline is that the national home price index, which they only calculate once a quarter, is down 14.1% for the year ending in March. That’s, um, [...]
Lest I appear ungrateful for Justin’s invitation to post at will, I should mention that I’ve been in India for the past two weeks. I was there for a friend’s wedding, though macroeconomics was never far from my heart. Wholesale inflation (India still doesn’t use consumer prices) has jumped over the past few months and [...]
For reasons I’m not entirely clear on, the May Monthly Mustache Interview at the American Mustache Institute website is with me. As for why it is only now, with just a week left in May, appearing online, I am entirely clear on that: I was embarrassingly slow about answering the questions. Anyway, the AMI interview [...]
