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Webinar: Global headwinds—reversing or converging?
Meet the newest member of High Frequency Economics' team, Rubeela Farooqi, in our final webinar of 2019!
Rubeela Farooqi joins HFE as Chief U.S. Economist
High Frequency Economics is pleased to announced Rubeela Farooqi as our new Chief U.S. Economist. John Silvia is also joining the firm as advisor and research contributor.
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Is the U.S.-China spat to blame for the world’s trade woes?
We do not believe the global headwinds to prosperity will be eliminated by a rollback of tariffs between the United States and China.
From @cbweinberg : "We would rather put our faith in the tooth fairy than a meaningful economic recovery in Japan."
Regardless of how the ADP numbers turn out tomorrow, we will be sticking to our forecast for a below-consensus 180K rise in payrolls in Friday’s report for November.
My first HFE webinar, one week from today! https://t.co/AUSZyHLtnW
What's new at HFE? @RubeelaFarooqi What's unchanged? HFE's 32-year track record of superior economic research. https://t.co/od9iclz1es
We hypothesize, although we cannot prove it, that negative real interest rates—and in some cases, negative nominal interest rates—encourage stockpiling of unsold goods. It may be cheaper to finance inventories—up to a point—than to pay the costs of firing a worker.