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Welcome to the Macroeconomics Updates. Every other week or so Professor Michael Brandl will be emailing, and posting to this web page, current happenings in the macro and global economy that might be of interest to McCombs alumni and current students. 


June 9, 2008

Will High Oil Prices Sink the US Economy?

The economic pundits are filling the airways with stories of how high energy prices are going spell doom for the US economy.  In Washington and across the country politicians seem to tripping over themselves trying to find “someone to blame” for raising gasoline prices.  As usual, the pundits and politicians are not getting the story quite right.  Instead supply and demand offer a better way to analyze what is going on.  This does not mean things will not change.  What will those changes look like?  Well... 

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Sorry, this one is a little longer than usual.

All the best,

M. Brandl