Category Archives: Economy

Money for Nothing Movie Trailer

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Jonathan Miller

I can’t wait for the documentary Money for Nothing to be released. In fact I donated to IndieGoGo.com because I was so impressed that I wanted my own copy. This documentary is compelling and so are all the cast members…. Read More

Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Government, Wall Street | Tagged video | Leave a comment

Wall Streeters Paid 7X The Private Sector

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Jonathan Miller

In case you have any doubts about the amount of compensation that the securities industry enjoys versus the private sector in NYC, I created the chart above. While the bonus comp results has been released for 2012, the salary data… Read More

Posted in Economy, Wall Street | Tagged bonus, chart, video | 5 Comments

Housing Data as Pop Culture

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jonathan Miller

[click to open article] A recent post in CNN/Money featured Andy Warhol’s 1984 “U.S. Unemployment Rate. No Campbell Soup Cans but it feels strange to associate his art with economic data from the 1980s. It somehow works for me. One… Read More

Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve | Tagged chart, Pop Culture | 3 Comments

Falling Inventory Has Created a Housing “Pre-Covery,” not “Recovery”

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Jonathan Miller

I was speaking at the New York Real Estate Bar Camp recently and asked the audience what to call the state of housing market right now, since I objected to the use of the word “recovery” and “a period of… Read More

Posted in Economy, Homebuying Process, Housing Index, Language & Jargon | Tagged Case-Shiller, Robert Shiller | 14 Comments

Yes, Mortgage Rates Impact Housing Prices

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

I few weeks ago I was dressed down by an analytics friend of mine who is in the business. Based on his employment and housing sales analysis in Alabama (I’ve never been) he suggested my comments about mortgage rates influencing… Read More

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[The Atlantic] 2000 Years of Economic Power Measured by GDP

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

[click to expand] I was sent this chart via my friend who saw it in The Atlantic who sourced it from prolific blogger Paul Kedrosky. Given all the US real estate demand coming from foreign buyers I really liked the… Read More

Posted in Economy, International | Tagged chart, gdp, Paul Kedrosky, The Atlantic | Leave a comment

[Brookings] How We’re Doing Index – May 2012

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Jonathan Miller

Sort of like the sparklines feature in Excel – It provides a quick snapshot of where we are economically right now.

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Podcasts

09/23/2012

[The Housing Helix Podcast] Barry Ritholtz Part 2

Video

05/13/2013

Bloomberg Surveillence TV with Tom Keene, Sara Eisen and Adam Davidson

Had a fun interview with Tom and Sara this morning on the always MUST watch/listen Bloomberg Surveillance. We talked housing, rentals, vacancy and inventory. An added bonus was the addition of Adam Davidson – co-founder and co-host of Planet Money... Read More