Outside the Beltway

Be prepared for a rocky day and potentially more changes to “the plan”

Things have to be bad when they actually start to speak the truth to the President

What could possibly go wrong?

Remember Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed!

It certainly isn’t how the US Constitution functions.

There are 800 or so of them in the United States alone. Where the hell did they come from?

In idea whose time is gone.

It’s not just Red Lobster.

They won’t tell you who’s going to be President. They’re still useful.

Or, more accurately, Trump-o-Nonsense

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

A Republican columnist is angry that Trump, not Harris, is being seen as the incumbent.

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

Americans look back more fondly on the Trump economy than they did in 2020.

Shockingly, most people aren’t economists.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

The S&P and Nikkei are at all-time highs. Economists warn that it won’t last.

What I’m reading but don’t have time to write about at length.

Economic Chart Edition.

He’s at 61 percent disapproval in the lastest Monmouth poll.

Prices are way up, even though the CPI is back under control.

The President has tepid support in the 18-29 demographic.

We shouldn’t be surprised that Americans have noticed their grocery bill.

Looking ahead to November 5, 2024

Germany’s economy is among the worst in the OECD.

How something so promising became so frustrating.

Xi’s government is taking a drastically different approach to the slowdown.

The current business model is collapsing. It’s about time.

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

Don’t get your hopes up.

The Biden administration had little choice but to act.

Here we go again.

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.

Prices are coming down but they’re way higher than they were.

She is the shortest-tenured Prime Minister in British history.

The Fed is expected to stall the economy to fight inflation.

A proposed $10,000 writeup would cost more than $300,000,000,000.

The most consumer-visible commodity is down for the 67th consecutive day.

The bubble may have burst.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

“If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we’re not going anywhere.”

On fiscal policy and historical comparisons.

We can all agree that it’s important but not what it is.