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Menzie Chinn

Affiliation: University of Wisconsin

Menzie Chinn is Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Menzie Chinn's Latest Articles | 74

NOAA: Warmest March on Record

Apr 10, 2012| 

And the first three months of 2012 were also the warmest first quarter in the contiguous United States, according to NOAA. Figure 1: Temperature departures from... Read »

UK: Into Recession

Jan 26, 2012| 

So much for expansionary fiscal contraction in the UK. Not that that’s a surprise. The UK Office of National Statistics has just released preliminary estimates... Read »

Has Austerity Brought a Boom in the UK?

Nov 10, 2011| 

Or Generalissimo Francisco Franco redux. In “UK: Economic growth, double-dips and the PMI,” (G. Buckley, Deutsche Bank, Nov. 4, 2011, not online): UK... Read »

Wealth Inequality

Oct 13, 2011| 

Dismissing the plots of income inequality in previous posts [0] (related posts [1] [2]), an Econbrowser reader asks: “Do you concur that measures of the wealth... Read »

The World Close to Stall Speed

Oct 11, 2011| 

Or at least OECD plus China, on the basis of the OECD’s Composite Leading Indicators for August 2011: Figure 1: from OECD These series are scaled so that... Read »

Graphic of the Day: Who Borrowed? Who Loaned?

Jul 29, 2011| 

A picture says a thousand words. From the NYT yesterday: In particular, who racked up $6.1 trillion in debt?  Read More →

Forecasting Commodity Prices

Jun 28, 2011| 

With commodity prices exhibiting wide fluctations over the past few years, it’s no wonder that many are interested in determining what procedure best forecasts.... Read »

How Innocuous Is a Treasury Default?

May 31, 2011| 

Steven Englander, Global Head of G-10 FX strategy for Citi is not very sanguine about a Treasury default, especially as it pertains to foreign holders of Treasurys.... Read »

Walker Rejects Union Offer to Accept Concessions

Feb 19, 2011| 

From Milwaukee Sentinel Journal: …The Walker statement was in response to a statement earlier Saturday from [State senator] Erpenbach, who said he had been... Read »

Analogy Watch: “Cairo has come to Wisconsin”?

Feb 17, 2011| 

From National Journal: In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the cuts were necessary to get Wisconsin back in the black. “State... Read »

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