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Pushpak Sarkar

Pushpak Sarkar is an economist at Roubini Global Economics, focusing on the Americas. Before joining RGE he served as a consultant on a collaborative project between the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Economic Affairs, working on areas related to macroeconomy and financial markets. Pushpak holds a master’s degree in economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and technology from the University of Kalyani. After completing his engineering degree, he joined Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., where he worked as an offshore project-lead for software development projects.

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Recent Articles by Pushpak Sarkar

Pushpak Sarkar on Long-term Unemployed: Are They Finally Finding Jobs?

Pushpak Sarkar January 23, 2013

December Caps a Year of Moderate U.S. Job Growth

Pushpak Sarkar January 6, 2013

U.S. Employment Report: Steady, but Unspectacular, Gains

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar December 10, 2012

A Stock-Flow Representation of Housing-Sector Projections

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar December 3, 2012

Q3 GDP Upside for U.S. Indicates Q4 Downside

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar November 26, 2012

Sandy Effect Trickles Into U.S. Manufacturing and Sales

Pushpak Sarkar and Prajakta Bhide November 19, 2012

U.S. Post-Election Fiscal Cliff: Hoping For a Benign Scenario

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar November 12, 2012

U.S.: No Signs of Hiring Weakness Yet

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar November 5, 2012

Piecing Together U.S. Housing Sector Developments

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar September 24, 2012

U.S. Data to (Finally) Force the Fed’s Hand

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar September 10, 2012

U.S. Outlook Preview and Jackson Hole Takeaway

Prajakta Bhide, David Nowakowski and Pushpak Sarkar September 3, 2012

All Eyes on the Fed As Data Disappointments Continue

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar June 18, 2012

Tracking the U.S. Economy: An Activity Index

Pushpak Sarkar, Dev Ashish and Prajakta Bhide June 14, 2012

Ailing U.S. Recovery: Here We Go Again

Prajakta Bhide, Rachel Ziemba, Dev Ashish and Pushpak Sarkar June 4, 2012

NY Fed President Weighs in on QE3; CBO Flashes Fiscal Cliff Warning

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar May 28, 2012

Awaiting Further Clarity on Mixed U.S. Manufacturing Data

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar May 21, 2012

U.S.: Watch Dim Retail Sales and FOMC Minutes

Prajakta Bhide, Rachel Ziemba, Dev Ashish, Pushpak Sarkar and Debraj Bagchi May 14, 2012

U.S. April Employment: Expect the Expected

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar May 7, 2012

U.S. CPI a Tad Bolder in March, But Expect Continued Annual Deceleration

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar April 16, 2012

U.S. March Employment—Spring Bites After a Mellow Winter

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar April 9, 2012

U.S.: Weak Real Income Gains a Headwind?

Prajakta Bhide, Rachel Ziemba, Dev Ashish and Pushpak Sarkar April 2, 2012

No QE3 or Sterilized QE3?

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar March 19, 2012

U.S. February Employment Report Shows Continued Momentum

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar March 12, 2012

A Reality Check for Overstretched Expectations

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar March 5, 2012

In a Data-Heavy Week, Keep an Eye on U.S. GDI and Services Spending

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar February 27, 2012

Should We Worry About Headline CPI Upside?

Prajakta Bhide, Pushpak Sarkar, Rachel Ziemba and Debraj Bagchi February 20, 2012

U.S. Employment Report Highlights and Medium-Term Unemployment Rate Trajectory; Canada: Bad Tidings for Early 2012

Prajakta Bhide, Rachel Ziemba, Debraj Bagchi and Pushpak Sarkar February 6, 2012

U.S. Week Ahead, Disappointing Q4 Growth, and FOMC Takeaway

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar January 30, 2012

January FOMC Changes; U.S. Q4 GDP to Show Slower Final Sales; Canadian Inflation Heading Back to Target

Prajakta Bhide, Rachel Ziemba and Pushpak Sarkar January 23, 2012

U.S. Retail Sales Soften; Canada Housing Market Slows

Prajakta Bhide, Pushpak Sarkar, Rachel Ziemba and Debraj Bagchi January 16, 2012

U.S. Retail Sales, Fed Housing Proposals; Canada Labor Market

Prajakta Bhide, Rachel Ziemba, Debraj Bagchi and Pushpak Sarkar January 9, 2012

U.S. Employment, ISM Manufacturing Index, Week in Review

Prajakta Bhide and Pushpak Sarkar January 1, 2012

Looking at U.S. 2012 Fiscal Drag and Q4 GDP, Revisiting EZ Risks; Gauging Canadian Inflation, GDP and Bank Performance

Prajakta Bhide, Tetiana Sears, Debraj Bagchi and Pushpak Sarkar December 19, 2011

U.S. Inflation, Funds Flow and Retail; Canada Monetary Policy

Prajakta Bhide, Tetiana Sears and Pushpak Sarkar December 12, 2011

U.S. Outlook Preview and Employment; Canada Q3 GDP, Monetary Policy and Labor Market

Prajakta Bhide, Tetiana Sears and Pushpak Sarkar December 5, 2011