• Initial jobless claims decreased to a still extremely-elevated 2.123 million in the week ending May 23. • Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program at 1.19 million new filers; previous week revised down substantially driven [...]
Introducing
Gerald D. Cohen
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Gerald Cohen provides strategic vision and leadership of the translational economic research and policy initiatives at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
He has worked in both the public and private sectors focusing on the intersection between financial markets and economic fundamentals. He was a Senior Economist at Haver Analytics from January 2019 to February 2021. During the Obama Administration Gerald was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Treasury where he helped formulate and evaluate the impact of policy proposals on the U.S. economy. Prior to Treasury, he co-managed a global macro fund at Ziff Brothers Investments.
Gerald holds a bachelor’s of science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and is a contributing author to 30-Second Money as well as a co-author of Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy.
Publications by Gerald D. Cohen
Global| May 26 2020NEW TT
• • PREVIOUS >>> The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported in its Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey for April that the Current General Business Activity Index weakened to a record low of -73.7 from -70.0 in March............ Each [...]
- Global| May 26 2020
Texas Factory Sector Outlook Suggests April Was Nadir in Activity
• Texas Manufacturing Outlook survey rose to -49.2% balance in May from record low -74.0% in April. • Expectations and all of the business indicators improved. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey [...]
• Initial jobless claims declined to a still extremely-elevated 2.438 million in the week ending May 16. • Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program claims jumped to 2.227 million new filers, likely the result of processing [...]
• Initial jobless claims declined to a still extremely-elevated 2.438 million in the week ending May 16. • Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program claims jumped to 2.227 million new filers, likely the result of processing [...]
• Initial jobless claims declined to a still extremely-elevated 2.438 million in the week ending May 16. • Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program claims jumped to 2.227 million new filers, likely the result of processing [...]
- Global| May 15 2020
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• • • • • • PREVIOUS>>>>Industrial production plummeted 5.4% in March......... Industrial production and capacity are included in Haver's USECON database. Additional detail on production and capacity can be found in the IP database. [...]
• Industrial production plummeted 11.2% in April led by a 13.7% fall in manufacturing output. • These are the largest single monthly declines on record; data goes back to 1921. • Lowest level of manufacturing activity since August [...]
- Global| May 12 2020
U.S. Small Businesses Optimism Drops to Seven-Year Low
• NFIB Small Business Optimism Index falls to a seven-year low 90.7 in April. • Nine out of ten components decline except expectations economy will improve. • Deflationary pressures set in with a record net 3% of firms planning on [...]
- Global| May 12 2020
U.S. Small Businesses Optimism Drops to Seven-Year Low
• NFIB Small Business Optimism Index falls to a seven-year low 90.9 in April. • Nine out of ten components decline except expectations economy will improve. • Deflationary pressures set in with a record net 3% of firms planning on [...]
- Global| May 08 2020
Wholesale Inventories Decline Despite Falling Sales
• Wholesale inventories decreased 0.8% in March, the third consecutive monthly contraction. • Inventory to sales ratio jumps as sales fall 5.2%. • While inventory swings can have a meaningful impact on GDP, in the current quarter they [...]
- Global| May 08 2020
Wholesale Inventories Decline Despite Falling Sales
• Wholesale inventories decreased 0.8% in March, the third consecutive monthly contraction. • Inventory to sales ratio jumps as sales fall 5.2%. • While inventory swings can have a meaningful impact on GDP, in the current quarter they [...]
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