Friday, June 04, 2010

Stimulus Was a Clunker

http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2010/06/stimulus-was-a-clunker.html


The dotted line simply averages the sales for the month of the clunkers program and the month after.  I think it is pretty clear that we spent a few billion dollars making some used car owners happy (by overpaying for their vehicles) but did absolutely nothing to move the trend line in auto sales, as the program appears to have just pulled forward purchases rather than stimulated new ones.

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