Saturday, March 14, 2020

Weekly Indicators for March 9 - 13 at Seeking Alpha


 - by New Deal democrat

My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha.

There is no clear evidence yet of a drop-off in consumer spending due to the coronavirus in the series I have been tracking, although there is evidence on the producer side.

After I posted, I ran across this chart of daily reservations made at OpenTable for various metro areas:


There has clearly been a big decline that began about March 2nd.

As usual, clicking through and reading will help bring you up to date, and rewards me a little bit for my efforts.