by cambridgesourcesites | Jun 2, 2021 | articles
Inflation RevisionismBrian S. Wesbury, Chief EconomistRobert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist Date: 6/1/2021 Talk about revisionist history! A recent tweetstorm from an opinion leader at the NY Times says that, looking back, he wonders what all the fuss was about...
by Bob Polley | Feb 25, 2021 | articles
Overstimulation on the WayBrian S. Wesbury, Chief EconomistRobert Stein, Deputy Chief EconomistDate: 2/22/20121 Things are looking up for the US economy. Later this week we’ll get an update on real GDP growth for the 4th quarter of 2020. We estimate...
by Bob Polley | Dec 1, 2020 | articles
S&P 4,200 – Dow 35,000 Brian S. Wesbury, Chief EconomistRobert Stein, Deputy Chief EconomistDate: 11/30/2020 In December 2019, we made a year-end 2020 forecast of 3,650 for the S&P 500. With the index closing Friday at 3,638, that looks like a very...
by cambridgesourcesites | May 27, 2020 | articles
Miscalculating Risk: Confusing Scary With DangerousRealClear Politics, May 22, 2020Brian S. Wesbury, Chief EconomistStrider Elass, Senior Economist The coronavirus kills, everyone knows it. But this isn’t the first deadly virus the world has seen, so what...
by Bob Polley | Apr 27, 2020 | articles
GDP: Bad, And Getting Worse Brian S. Wesbury, Chief EconomistRobert Stein, Deputy Chief EconomistDate: 4/27/2020 Before the Coronavirus, the US economy was cruising for what looked like 3% annualized growth in real GDP in the first quarter. But the effects of both...
by Bob Polley | Apr 7, 2020 | articles
Do the Least HarmBrian S. Wesbury, Chief EconomistRobert Stein, Deputy Chief EconomistDate: 4/6/2020 Doctors think differently than economists. They put patients with a potential for brain damage in an artificial coma to stop swelling, and when it stops, they bring...
