Greg Mankiw’s Blog: My Reading List
Tomorrow is the first meeting of my freshman seminar at Harvard. Here are the books we are reading this year:
Economics
Economics
Yen Climbs to Six-Month High as Rate Outlooks Shift
The Japanese currency rose to its strongest intraday level since late February, extending a recovery that gathered momentum last week.
China’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Continue to Climb
China’s foreign-exchange reserves edged higher in August against the backdrop of a weaker dollar and a surging trade surplus, renewing
German Industrial Production Contracts on Auto Sector Slowdown
Output fell 1.1% on month after a flat reading in June, the country’s statistics agency Destatis said Monday. Source link
Workers across all sectors are switching jobs about as infrequently as they were in the years when the job market was still clawing its way back from the 2008-09 financial crisis
The country is adding around 80,000 new jobs a month, an improvement from last year, but workers are still wary
Canadian Employment Retreats in August, Through Jobless Rate Holds Steady
The unemployment rate remained at 6.4%, despite employers in the country cutting a net 41,700 jobs last month. Source link
The U.S. added 162,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department said Friday, well ahead of expectations
The unemployment rate stayed at 4.1%, in line with expectations and a historically low level that indicates the labor market
BOE Survey Points to Cooling Price Pressures
Businesses expect the prices they charge to rise by 3.8% over the coming 12 months, a decrease from the 3.9%
German Factory Orders Climb for Third Straight Month
The increase extended a decent run of form that continues to defy the impact of surging energy prices as the
Japan Finance Minister Vows to Keep Eye on Fiscal Balance
Continued concerns over Japan’s fiscal sustainability have sparked a rise in government bond yields and weighed on the yen. Source