The Big Picture

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To prove their point, a number of friendly commentators, academics, and hired guns all wrote endless white papers, Op-Eds and commentaries. ” A bit of quick math: 726,600/0.987 = 736,170 (starting point). Economies are extremely dynamic, ever-changing on a day-to-day basis. 726,600 – 736,170 = -9,570.

Food

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. And no one asked me if I can do math anymore with a degree from Booth, particularly in econometrics and statistics. So people really ask you, you take French and can you do math. Two reasons.

Assets

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MARCH 12, 2024

You, 00:30:51 [Speaker Changed] You know, the fascinating thing is I have a vivid recollection of a paper, a white paper coming out by professors Reinhart and Rogo. They 00:38:39 [Speaker Changed] Price insensitive, they 00:38:41 [Speaker Changed] Right, they cared what the lower mortgage rate did to the economy.

Banking

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

We wrote a white paper that was associated with it. RITHOLTZ: So 5% funds rate, what does that do to the economy? And I’m like, “Well, if Bob Shiller is putting on the seatbelts, maybe he’s done the math, maybe I should be wearing a seatbelt in the back of the car.” We did it not only for the U.S.,

Numbers