A Puzzle: long-term interest rates

mike smitka I'm hesitant to post this graph: rates are volatile and I know that looking for trends in financial markets is silly. OK, pr...

Really, now: the Fed and "Breaking News"?!

Mike Smitka I was having lunch at a brewpub in Kokomo IN last Wednesday (Dec 16) as the multiple screens over the bar proclaimed "break...

Janet Yellen's Dashboard

Once a quarter, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and her colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee take a thorough look at where the...

Talking Macro: WREL show February 20, 2014

Here are notes from my weekly radio show on WREL Lexington, Virginia. The actual show seldom covers all of the topics I prepare, as what I d...

The Global Industry: Honda, the US and the Taper

http://www.tapirs.org/ Go to the URL to contribute to preserving tapirs in the wild! ...bond markets reacted to the taper with a yawn... The...

What’s With the Higher New Vehicle MSRPs?

Ruggles – AFN – Dec 2013 The price of new vehicles has been rising at a steady rate despite record auto manufacturer profits.  This has bee...

Did We Dodge a Bullet?

Ruggles, Auto Finance News Or did we just get President Obama’s Second Choice? Now that Larry Summers has taken himself out of the running f...