Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: Unleashing The Economy With John Cochrane

The health of the financial markets and economic policies affecting growth and the economy.

Matters of Policy & Politics•May 3, 2018
Area 45: Unleashing The Economy With John Cochrane

Four of the Dow Jones’ greatest single-day swings occurred in a one-week stretch in February. Was it an aberration, or the new normal in the Trump economy? John Cochrane, the Hoover Institution’s Jack and Rose-Marie Anderson Senior Fellow and purveyor of The Grumpy Economist blog, assesses the health of the financial markets and other economic bellwethers worth watching.

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