Rick Eichhorn
@reichhorn.bsky.social
Economist, Macro, Time Series, Environmental
CPI inflation coming in at 3%
February 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
CPI inflation coming in at 3%
Strands was pretty easy today
February 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Strands was pretty easy today
Post-2000 growth in Real GDP has been lower than pre-2000 growth. Here is what it looks like, mean was 3.7 prior to the great moderation, fell to 3.4 leading up to y2k, has been 2.2 in the 21st century so far.
January 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Post-2000 growth in Real GDP has been lower than pre-2000 growth. Here is what it looks like, mean was 3.7 prior to the great moderation, fell to 3.4 leading up to y2k, has been 2.2 in the 21st century so far.
Oh yeah, Q4 GDP report out today.
January 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Oh yeah, Q4 GDP report out today.
FOMC decision and press conference tomorrow. I'm old enough to remember when a pool reporter would answer a phone, haha.
January 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
FOMC decision and press conference tomorrow. I'm old enough to remember when a pool reporter would answer a phone, haha.
Dallas Fed General Business Activity:
January 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Dallas Fed General Business Activity:
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When I first started using R, my variable names looked like this: behav_RT_data_raw. Now, they’re as short as dd. This evolution isn’t just about typing less—it reflects my growth as a programmer. What’s your go-to variable naming strategy? #rstats
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January 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
When I first started using R, my variable names looked like this: behav_RT_data_raw. Now, they’re as short as dd. This evolution isn’t just about typing less—it reflects my growth as a programmer. What’s your go-to variable naming strategy? #rstats
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As an economist, but also chair of a large department, and chair of a top administrative committee, I feel like I need to explain to various stakeholders why command-an-control policies fail to work in certain commons situations, and what policy over-reach entails
January 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
As an economist, but also chair of a large department, and chair of a top administrative committee, I feel like I need to explain to various stakeholders why command-an-control policies fail to work in certain commons situations, and what policy over-reach entails
CPI inflation at 2.9% YoY
January 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
CPI inflation at 2.9% YoY
Prepping for Getting Started with #R day in #Econometrics. A new challenge with this generation of students is that they really don't understand file directories and where things are stored because they've always had the cloud.
January 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Prepping for Getting Started with #R day in #Econometrics. A new challenge with this generation of students is that they really don't understand file directories and where things are stored because they've always had the cloud.
That was a very loud DOINK huh?
January 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
That was a very loud DOINK huh?
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HUGE beat on non-farm payrolls www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
Live: Analysis of US Jobs Report for December
www.bloomberg.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
HUGE beat on non-farm payrolls www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
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Excellent report on both the establishment and household surveys. 256K payrolls well above expectations of 164K. The unemployment rate fell 0.15% for good reasons (the rise in employment outpacing the rise in labor supply). 2M revisions were negative but only -8K.
January 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Excellent report on both the establishment and household surveys. 256K payrolls well above expectations of 164K. The unemployment rate fell 0.15% for good reasons (the rise in employment outpacing the rise in labor supply). 2M revisions were negative but only -8K.
Boom! +256k www.bls.gov/news.release...
Employment Situation Summary
- 2024 M13 Results
www.bls.gov
January 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Boom! +256k www.bls.gov/news.release...
Looking forward to the new term about to start at Coe! Teaching Principles of Macro, Econometrics, International Finance, along with a special section of History of Thought by arrangement. Planning the schedule and assignments is still exciting, even in my 25th year.
January 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Looking forward to the new term about to start at Coe! Teaching Principles of Macro, Econometrics, International Finance, along with a special section of History of Thought by arrangement. Planning the schedule and assignments is still exciting, even in my 25th year.
Teaching History of Economic Thought - where do you start?
January 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Teaching History of Economic Thought - where do you start?
I've got that pre-term course excitement going as I sketch out my various course calendars. Should devolve into mayhem by about Mar 1. #economics #college
January 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I've got that pre-term course excitement going as I sketch out my various course calendars. Should devolve into mayhem by about Mar 1. #economics #college
Shortest daylight day of the year! #solarpower
December 21, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Shortest daylight day of the year! #solarpower
PCE inflation = 2.4% in November
December 20, 2024 at 2:52 PM
PCE inflation = 2.4% in November
Yesterday I was in a meeting during which the group was noticing the inefficiency posed by some of us not using the same brand of phone and I immediately thought - the economics of natural monopolies - and now I feel like a should send them a memo about it.
December 11, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Yesterday I was in a meeting during which the group was noticing the inefficiency posed by some of us not using the same brand of phone and I immediately thought - the economics of natural monopolies - and now I feel like a should send them a memo about it.
I'm pretty sure the old Italian currency was the Lira. Am I misremembering this?
December 11, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I'm pretty sure the old Italian currency was the Lira. Am I misremembering this?
This FRED graph is on my Final Exam in Principles of Macroeconomics.
December 10, 2024 at 4:41 PM
This FRED graph is on my Final Exam in Principles of Macroeconomics.
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December 9, 2024 at 4:05 PM
I like Texas' path in this bracket. fantasy.espn.com/free-prize-g...
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Chart time! Storms and strikes have skewed the past two months of data, but the bigger picture here is one of a gradually cooling labor market. (Note that this chart doesn't factor in the preliminary benchmark revisions, which won't be incorporated into the official data until early next year.)
December 6, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Chart time! Storms and strikes have skewed the past two months of data, but the bigger picture here is one of a gradually cooling labor market. (Note that this chart doesn't factor in the preliminary benchmark revisions, which won't be incorporated into the official data until early next year.)