Commentary

WWU Center for Economic and Business Research️ 7 hours ago

President Donald Trump said he is interviewing “three or four” candidates for Fed chair and expects to pick one pretty quickly. https://buff.ly/0ZHCD87

WWU Center for Economic and Business Research️ 8 hours ago

Atmospheric rivers threw a wet blanket on our state's ski season, but chairlifts are finally revving up tomorrow as one major resort opens for the season in a limited way. Meanwhile, another ski hill is working to recover from a 137 mph blast of wind. Here’s where things stand across Washington's snow country as we head into the first weekend of winter. https://buff.ly/y1R9OQk

WWU Center for Economic and Business Research️ 21 hours ago

A quickly growing number of economists are increasingly skeptical of the recent data releases by the Federal government. The titles of analyses of today’s inflation numbers from the Trump administration included “Lost in Translation” from TD Securities, “Delayed and Patchy” per William Blair and “Swiss Cheese CPI report” from EY-Parthenon. https://buff.ly/EiQWYKM

WWU Center for Economic and Business Research️ 23 hours ago

We recently sat down with KUOW to talk about Seattle's cost of living. You may be interested to give it a listen! https://buff.ly/a0MCThk

WWU Center for Economic and Business Research️ 24 hours ago

Atlanta Fed's Sticky-Price CPI Remained Elevated in November. The Atlanta Fed's sticky-price consumer price index (CPI)—a weighted basket of items that change price relatively slowly—rose 1.1 percent (on an annualized basis) in November. On a year-over-year basis, the series is up 3.0 percent.

WWU Center for Economic and Business Research️ 1 day ago

WSJ let AI run a vending machine in their offices. It decided that selling live fish and Playstations were good ideas. It lost hundreds of dollars but created an interesting discussion about AI agents. https://buff.ly/MUAhqjM