Predicting SAAR, Deconstructing SAAR

Mike Smitka As an economist, I avoid the prediction game. I am also wary of reading much into a single month's data. What an economist c...

US Employment: Age-specific patterns of recovery

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington and Lee University Here's another quick cut on what's been happening over the past decade. Prior ...

US Employment relative to Population Growth

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington & Lee Univ Today's Employment Situation. Adding jobs isn't enough, because our population is ...

Thursday morning radio: the economy on WREL

Mike Smitka Well, I've gone through another week without a post on the auto industry, but Thursday has come and my WREL Lexington (VA) r...