The Hamrick Brief
Mark HamrickConnecting the dots between economic data and everyday life — analysis, context, and clarity on what the economy means for you
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Carrying On, Carrying Worry
The Lead
The economic numbers we track are measures of scale. GDP. Payrolls. The S&P 500 stock index. The inflation rate. Like the economy’s equivalent of the complicated cross currents of the ocean, they tell us about different dynamics...
The Brief, Briefly
Fresh economic data is worth noting, as we prepare to close the books on the first half of 2026.
Taken together, they sketch an economy that is complicated and consistent with the often mentioned “K shape”. Whether one (speaking of househo...
Healthcare: The Worry That Won't Go Away
Sixty-one percent of Americans say they worry a great deal about healthcare — more than any other issue Gallup has measured in years. That number has barely shifted in half a century, and Washington has barely moved to answer it. This week:...
The Brief, Briefly: Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Shakes Things Up
Rates on hold, at least for now
The Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged, but the bigger story is perhaps a meaningful, some might say hawkish, shift in its outlook. The benchmark rate sticks at 3.5%-3.75%. Both he and his c...
Congress Can't Let Americans Down On Social Security
In Gallup’s most recent reading on confidence in American institutions, taken last June, only about 1 in 10 adults expressed a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress, which has finished at or near the bottom of the list every y...
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