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Quantifying the recent relationship between the US Dollar and WTI Oil

From the start of 2014 until now the market has seen a strong US dollar bolstered by a continually recovering US economy and downward pressure on oil prices as the result of a supply glut. The general rule of thumb

Jolly Man May 3, 2017April 30, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

Would Milton Friedman have supported Quantitative Easing?

Milton Friedman was, as Paul Krugman said, “the great popularizer of free-market doctrine.” A citizen with a basic knowledge of economic thought would think that a free-market activist would be in favor of the Classical laissez-faire approach, and would allow

Jolly Man April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

The Irish Corporate Tax Rate

The European Commission’s accusation that Apple paid a mere 0.005% on their 2014 European profits outraged Apple CEO Tim Cook and intrigued many Americans enough to turn their attention towards a highly controversial piece of Ireland’s economic policy decisions: their

Jolly Man March 22, 2017March 19, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

China’s Unemployment: More than meets the eye?

Investors looking to broaden their geographic scope often look to China as a source of growth and financial opportunity for the future. As a result, some amateur investors look at headline measures such as unemployment and GDP growth as a

Jolly Man March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

Engel Curve for 2007 Alcohol Consumption Using Cross-Sectional State-Level Data

In an attempt to create an Engel curve for alcohol consumption, I collected state-level, cross-sectional data for the United States in 2007 on income by state (INCTHi) and alcohol consumption (ALCi). I chose 2007 because it was a trough for

Jolly Man February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

Cafe Con Leche as Venezuelan Inflation Tracker

Following our conversation on the Big Mac Index to track Purchasing Power Parity globally, I found the following link on Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-venezuela-cafe-con-leche-index/ The company is attempting to use the price of Cafe con Leche at a particular cafe in Caracas

Jolly Man February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Uncategorized Read more

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