This post explains how to use variables in Java. Learn the primitive types (and what that means) and just why variables are so important for any coding!

The program applyCodebook.ado breaks when the variable names or value label names are long due to limits on the length of local variables. I was able to do a quick work around by renaming long ...

TORONTO — Canada’s big banks are locked in a competitive pricing war over variable-rate mortgages, but economic trends point to more interest rate hikes ahead — leaving Canadian mortgage borrowers ...

So there may in fact be no such thing as a “long and variable lag” in monetary policy. Yet as noted, there is a strong conviction among economists that the lag exists. Which is dangerous.

The "Understanding Java threads" series concludes by uncovering some of the loose ends of threading: thread groups, volatility, thread-local variables, timers, and thread death.

Since no central bank does conduct monetary policy by trying to stabilize the monetary base, talking about “long and variable lags” sounds like an effort to evade accountability.