Two stories catching my eye this morning revolve around oil markets and the use of cell phone data to describe behavior.
Morning brief: Oil Jawboning, Cellphone data for social distancing
Morning Brief: Radio today, Unemployment Claims
A quick look at the morning headlines before the radio interview today.
Retail Pull Factors and Shutdown
I am starting to look at a predictive model for decline and recovery in North Dakota due to energy prices and COVID-19. This is some of my early thinking.
What does a shutdown look like?
A little discussion of shutdowns with a local example thrown in to show that things do get better.
Is $2 Trillion Enough?
I have yet to see the actual text of the legislation but I am looking at the news reports of what is included and I have doubts this will be enough. It is good though to see, finally, a fiscal response from the federal government.
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