Implications of Chinese Growth

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Implications of Chinese Growth

By AJTrenkle on Friday, March 22nd, 2013 | No Comments

TweetThe Financial Times has an article that predicts China’s GDP will greater than the United States by 2016. Most definitely this will be the cause of some alarm and over excitement come the 2016 election. While one should never make predictions, especially about the future, this may cause a lot of introspection in the United [...]

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Your Macrowallet: What’s Going On?

By AJTrenkle on Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 | No Comments

TweetSo much conflicting news lately. Europe appears to be heading further down into the hole with slower growth, renewed chaos in Italy and Spain, and potentially another round of single currency crises. China’s growth appears to be slowing again, and there are concerns about graft and corruption within the Communist Party. Chinese growth targets have [...]

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Debt Ceiling Consequences

By AJTrenkle on Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 | No Comments

TweetIf the fiscal cliff crisis wasn’t enough fun for everyone, in the next 6-8 weeks a much higher stakes game of riverboat Russian roulette will play out with the debt ceiling debate. To sum matters up quickly, Congress must authorize an increase in the amount of debt legally permissible and thereby enables the Treasury to [...]

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The Fiscal Cliff Deal’s Proper Conclusion

By AJTrenkle on Saturday, January 5th, 2013 | 1 Comment

TweetThe fiscal cliff was a manufactured political crisis to try and get Congress and the President to do big and difficult things. None of these things are popular or fun, as most people don’t like having their taxes raised or losing their benefits. The Economist and other sources like David Brooks (whom I respect despite frequent [...]

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Is the Fiscal Cliff Deal a Good Thing?

By AJTrenkle on Saturday, December 29th, 2012 | 1 Comment

TweetPetty politics on substantial issues again? The fiscal cliff negotiations are down to the wire, and many news outlets report that the Senate is furiously working on a deal. The deal is actually more of a stopgap. It will probably extend the Bush tax cuts for all those making under $400,000. While the President wants [...]

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The Remarkable Ben Bernanke

By AJTrenkle on Friday, December 14th, 2012 | No Comments

TweetThe Federal Reserve Bank of the United States, the most important institution in managing our economy yet one that many people don’t understand a great deal about, has always had in its charter, when created by Congress in 1913 to “maintain maximum employment and stable prices”. Yet, it has often been prices, through inflation targets, [...]

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Your MacroWallet: US Housing Market Recovery Shaping Up

By AJTrenkle on Friday, December 7th, 2012 | No Comments

TweetEveryone is affected by the price of housing, whether you rent or own, are buying or selling. Housing is a key pillar of the economy and perhaps the area we are all most invested in. A few articles over the past several weeks paint a promising future of the housing market in the US, especially [...]

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Your MacroWallet: Trends in Images

By AJTrenkle on Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 | No Comments

TweetFor today’s post I decided to go graphic heavy in presenting what I find interesting. These have little direct connection to each other, but are generally impactful on your macrowallet. First is a graph on the federal budget, with spending and income side by side. I think it will help explain exactly where our money [...]

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Your MacroWallet: Politics and Housing

By AJTrenkle on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 | No Comments

TweetToday we are beginning a new series I am calling “Your MacroWallet” that I hope will bridge some personal finance advice with larger macroeconomic topics, politics, and more wonkish research on money and economics. Since pretty much all of government is inherently related to economic matters, and since even dense academic research is designed to [...]

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