Hey, What’d I Miss? OTE Summary, 2/4 – 2/10

February 10th, 2014 at 9:30 am

Over at the NYT Economix blog: laying out a policy response to weakness in the jobs market and explaining that the CBO report’s real message wasn’t about health reform.
Reflecting on some interesting inequality discussions from the broadsheets.
Looking at recent volatility in stock and emerging markets: how worrisome is it, really?
Describing my main takeaway from the CBO update: the absence of full employment and the persistence of large output gaps is projected to take a toll on our fiscal health.
Correcting Paul Ryan’s misguided claim that the ACA is a “poverty trap.”
Congratulating CVS on their decision to stop selling cigarettes and imagining a world where other sellers follow suit.
On the January employment numbers: previewing the data on Jobs Day Eve, highlighting my first impressions of a lackluster report, and showing that what little real wage gains we’ve seen are the result of dis-inflation.
Adding to an interesting discussion from Bin Appelbaum on the impact of recent developments in the health care sector on the macro economy.

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