©2015 Bloomberg News NNABWL6KLVRF (Bloomberg) — The White House is reaching the endgame in negotiating a trade accord with other Pacific Rim countries, though President Barack Obama hasn’t closed the deal with fellow Democrats. The administration has conducted more than 1,700 briefings with members of Congress since it began pushing

published Aug 23rd 2016, 4:17 pm, by Noah Smith (Bloomberg View) — I miss 2011. Looking back, that was the heyday of economic blogging. The financial crisis had abated, but the recovery from the recession was disappointing, and everyone was talking about how to jump-start growth. Macroeconomics was important again.