A Primer on Recent Financial Opportunity Zone Regulations

In December 2019, the United States Treasury recently released guidelines in Subchapter Z of the Internal Revenue Code. the regulations play the vital role of clarifying earlier 2018 and 2019 regulations about financial opportunity zones. This article briefly reviews some of the most important lessons to be learned from this announcement.  The Role of Opportunity […]

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Working From Home Guide – 5 Tips for Working During the Lockdown

Did you know that 4.3 million people in the U.S. work from home at least half the time? For these members of corporate America, working from home is a breeze. But with coronavirus upon us, millions of more people are now working from home. And it can be a big adjustment. For this reason, we’ve… […]

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Schedule for Week of May 10, 2020

The key reports this week are April CPI and retail sales. For manufacturing, the April Industrial Production report will be released on Friday. Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks on Wednesday. —– Monday, May 11th —–No major economic releases scheduled. —– Tuesday, May 12th —–6:00 AM ET: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for April. 8:30 AM: […]

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Ely, Saturday morning.

I admit I think I am lucky to live in Ely. I went to the river this morning before it was too hot, and too many people came out. It was beautiful. A barn owl was still out hunting; it must have young. And the air was alive with birdsong – if only I was […]

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The cappuccino economy

I am aware that we have been discussing the need for narratives to explain the economy on this blog in the last week. Much of that discussion has focussed 0n issues around money and the way that the government is funded. But there are other narratives that are also important, and almost as little understood. […]

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May 8 Update: US COVID-19 Test Results: States Ramping Up Tracing

From NPR: States Nearly Doubled Plans For Contact Tracers Since NPR Surveyed Them 10 Days Ago The US might be able to test 400,000 to 600,000 people per day sometime in May according to Dr. Fauci – and that might be enough for test and trace. However, the US might need more than 900,000 tests […]

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AAR: April Rail Carloads down 25.2% YoY, Intermodal Down 17.2% YoY

From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission. Any industry that’s been around for 190 years has experienced a lot, but railroads have never faced something quite like what they’re facing now: huge swaths of their customer base shut down, with no clear idea when things will […]

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