The Impact of the iPhone5 on the US Economy

J.P. Morgan’s chief economist, Michael Feroli, estimated sales of the iPhone5 could boost annualized GDP growth in calendar Q4 by 0.25 to 0.5 percentage points.  You can read more here.

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Extremely limited travel outside of DC during May: 1 trip

Zeynep Tufekci has a great piece in the Atlantic about