Hello, and welcome to curious economist. I am a little new to blogging and have heard that a good way to start is to lead off with an introductory post, so here it is. This blog will focus on the process/results of my independent research which will largely consist of forecasting and statistical studies focused on answering specific questions. I may occasionally talk about economic issues pertaining to application of theory as well, in order to keep things going while I am in the process of conducting the research that will go into the primary posts. Because data gathering and analysis can take some time, and I have a day job to deal with as well, I’m not yet sure how often the regular posts will come, but it’s my hope that I’ll be able to find a happy balance for my time use that won’t leave the site bereft of updates for too long at a time.

As for the content of my research, I don’t really have a specific field of interest so the topics will likely vary and include anything that catches my attention and has sufficient publicly available data to work with. It’s my hope that I can drum up enough questions to answer that are if not interesting then at least relevant that you will be interested in the answers I find as well, and that the site won’t get stale.

So, that being said, let’s start asking some questions and see what interesting things we can find. If anyone out there has any research suggestions or questions about the work I’ve done, don’t hesitate to leave it in the comments.