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Edward Lambert
Phoenix, Arizona
Independent researcher for a model of Effective Demand.
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One factor in the economy that I track is the percentage of Capital Income that is used for Consumption. The number is attained by using the NIPA tables and labor share. Here is the updated data up to 1st quarter 2018. The last 2 quarters show that capital income is... Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2018 at Effective Demand Research
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Looks like some correlation between inflation & %yoy number of employed. More workers, more new demand. (link to data) Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2017 at Effective Demand Research
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Economy is currently at limit of unemployment where either labor share rises, capacity utilization drops or unemployment starts rising. (link) Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2017 at Effective Demand Research
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The famous economist John Maynard Keynes tried to put forth a theory of effective demand. Keynes even devoted chapter 3 of his General Theory book to it. However, nowadays you will not see the term effective demand in economic textbooks. What happened to it? Why is the term effective demand... Continue reading
Posted Oct 14, 2017 at Effective Demand Research
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In my calculations of utilization of labor and capital, there is a derivative of one equation that tells to what extent capacity and labor is being optimized. Here is the graph of current monthly data. As the lines get closer to 0%, they are more optimized. When they reach 0%,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2017 at Effective Demand Research
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The economy expands in terms of capacity utilization until the effective demand limit is reached. The following graph shows the effective demand limit. (link to data... https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=eUj3) The red link of effective demand stays above real GDP. One thing to notice about the red line of effective demand is that... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2017 at Effective Demand Research
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Just to look back... My model of effective demand performed very well. The line bounced off of the "zero lower bound" of effective labor share. Continue reading
Posted Apr 4, 2017 at Effective Demand Research
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I have not posted in a while. I am watching the craziness as Trump turns the economy against the general population. From what I see, inequality will grow... and importantly, negative externalities will grow and accumulate. Businesses will make more profit in the short-term, but in the medium-term, the negative... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2017 at Effective Demand Research
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Here is a graph that shows the fall of core PCE inflation from its peak in 1981 to the present. (link to quarterly data) Inflation has fallen with stable swoop downwards. We are currently at about the 0.1 mark on the x-axis showing a core PCE of 1.6% on the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 26, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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Last week the markets moved. Bonds yields went up. Stocks went up. Inflation expectations were awakened. What will the Fed funds rate do? How might the Fed respond? I will do an analysis to project a path for the Fed Funds rate based on my research into effective demand. (a... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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This graph shows yoy %change for the U-3 and U-6 rates for unemployment. (link) They are on a normal trend of a business cycle where they bottom out and then head upwards. When the trend starts to go positive, a recession is imminent. The trend is just now hitting 0%... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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Equation for potential real GDP Real GDP - $2.6T * (capacity utilization/(labor share index*0.76) - 1) Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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Many think that effective demand is simply aggregate demand. But that is not true. They are different concepts. It is very important in the current economic sickness to understand the role of effective demand. So I will define effective demand in this post as Keynes saw it. 1. Effective Demand... Continue reading
Posted Oct 27, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
Janet Yellen gave a speech where she posed 4 questions to economists in general seeking answers... The first question she asked was this... "The Influence of Demand on Aggregate Supply The first question I would like to pose concerns the distinction between aggregate supply and aggregate demand: Are there circumstances... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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Many top economists use the IS-LM model to support low interest rates. The LM curve of the IS-LM model is built upon a model of financial markets. In the graph above, money supply has been pushed far to the right to keep interest rates low. The model implies that the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
Larry Summers wrote a post yesterday about the hollowing out of the middle class and how that has lowered consumption and led to secular stagnation. He says that this effect must be taken into account for policy. Well I sit here after 4 years of building models of Effective Demand... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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Stan Fischer: "I think we'd be better off if there was a price for using money, or for not investing, in terms of monetary returns" — Matthew B (@boes_) September 27, 2016 Data link... Red circle is 2nd quarter 2016. Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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I have posted this model of core inflation before. Core inflation on y-axis. Corporate-after-tax profit rate minus nominal rates on x-axis. The model implies that inflation depends upon the difference between an aggregate corporate profit rate and nominal rates. The more nominal rates cut into corporate profit rates, the more... Continue reading
Posted Sep 17, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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Here is a graph from FRED showing monthly percentage movements of core inflation. (link to data) There used to be ranges that core inflation moved within. The monthly change either hit the maximum of that range or the minimum with some breakout movements in between. Monthly movements made sense by... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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This graph plots labor share (left) against the unemployment rate (bottom) since 1948 to 2ndQ 2016. (data at FRED) The data points suggest a labor supply limit shown by the down-sloping red line. As labor share drops, unemployment tends to bottom out at higher levels. The last 3 quarters are... Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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Which of these models would you trust to evaluate inflation? (quarterly data since 1957) Phillip's curve... core inflation plotted against unemployment. (link) My model plotting core inflation against corporate profit rates minus a mix of short & long-term nominal rates... (link) Who in their right mind would consider the Phillip's... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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The Phillip's curve is obsolete. Inflation does not reliably depend on employment. So what other model could we depend on? This one showing core inflation plotted against an aggregate corporate profit rate minus a mix of nominal rates. (FRED data link) Mixed nominal rate = 0.56*Fed rate + 0.44*10-year treasury... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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I have been presenting a new model to explain the forces around inflation. (link1, link2) Antonio Fatas poses a very good question. You can lower interest rates, but can you raise inflation? "But if monetary policy is being successful we expect inflation expectations and growth expectations to increase. Both of... Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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I continue to explore the model that I posted this... Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2016 at Effective Demand Research
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I have been in the workshop building a model for inflation, capacity utilization and other things. It builds upon the model for forecasting the profit rate cycle. And also upon the model for the relationship between inflation and net profit rates. The model was provoked by a video from Khan... Continue reading
Posted Aug 8, 2016 at Effective Demand Research