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Sequestration: Macro and Micro . Jared Bernstein and Joel Friedman CBPP 2/27/13. Economic Backdrop: Sequestration Lets the Air Out of the Tires of an Already Wobbly Economic Bicycle. 2. 3. Sequester (et al): Policy Headwinds Blowing Pretty Hard in Wrong Direction. 4. 5.
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Sequestration: Macro and Micro Jared Bernstein and Joel FriedmanCBPP 2/27/13
Economic Backdrop: Sequestration Lets the Air Out of the Tires of an Already Wobbly Economic Bicycle 2
Sequester (et al): Policy Headwinds Blowing Pretty Hard in Wrong Direction 4
Other Headwinds: Gasoline, Real Earnings Sources: GasBuddy, BLS 7
Housing Tailwinds, Helped Along by the Only Policy Makers Doing Anything Helpful Right Now: the Federal Reserve 8