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Diesel 22.5% above Pre-War

Oil (Brent) prices down, and so too gasoline and diesel. But not back to pre-War. Figure 1: Brent avg of daily (black), regular gasoline (blue), and diesel (red

2026/07/01

Bubbles or Regime-Switching in Gold and Bitcoin?

I don’t have the answer, but the two series do make quite a picture (all in logs since five years ago): Figure 1: Log difference from 6/29/2021 in bitcoin (green

2026/06/30

Alternative Business Cycle Indicators: Coincident, Consensus ADP

Coincident continues to rise through May, while Bloomberg consensus for NFP growth is for +114K, roughly same growth rate as in May: Figure 1: Civilian employment

2026/06/30

Brent More Contango-ey

As of NYMEX open: This has occurred as the chances of a near term reopening have declined. Notes: August 1 (orange), September (blue), October (green). Source:

2026/06/29

Rate Cycles (Where Are We Now?)

I’ve been remiss in reporting on this important work by Kristin Forbes, Jongrim Ha and Ayhan Kose, documenting periods of monetary policy tightening ad loosening

2026/06/29

Brent in Contango

As of yesterday: Source: Barchart, accessed 6/27/2026. Literally, prices are higher near future than front month, which is different from backwardation (which was

2026/06/28

Instantaneous PCE Inflation

Nowcasted June inflation will be down — but for core not down much… Figure 1: Headline PCE deflator instantaneous inflation (blue), core PCE (tan), per Eeckhout

2026/06/27

Four Measures of Output: GDP, GDI, GDO, GDP+

As of the 2026Q1 3rd release: Figure 1: GDP (bold black), GDI (red), GDO (blue), GDP+ growth iterated on 2022Q2 GDP (green), all in bn.Ch.2017$ SAAR. Source: BEA

2026/06/27

June (Final) Consumer Sentiment

Beats consensus/preliminary (49.5 vs. 48.9), rising above May final (44.8) — but still low: Figure 1: U.Michigan Economic Sentiment (blue), Conference Board Confidence

2026/06/27

Consensus on Canadian GDP

The Financial Post reports: Economists in a Bloomberg survey now see Canada’s economy expanding just 0.7% this year after shrinking in the first quarter. Here’s

2026/06/27