James Hamilton
James Hamilton
advocate although bush economic found job public required statements
Although his job required being a public advocate for the Bush economic policies, I found all his public statements well reasoned and moderate.
headline numbers
The headline numbers look broadly in line (with expectations).
economy economy-and-economics optimistic shake
The economy was able to shake this off. That makes me a little more optimistic than I would have been about $70 oil.
economy-and-economics good
I think economically its a very good idea,
banking expected second wholesale
Wholesale banking did better than expected in the second half.
crude price
The price of crude has nothing to do with U.S. mergers.