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Click on all images for a larger image Both building permits and housing starts are at record lows. The good news is the absolute number of ...

And from Bloomberg nonetheless. Consider this headline: Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Declined at Slower Pace The decline in home prices in...

Click for a larger image The financial sector got us into this mess and many people continue to say the financial sector has to get us out. ...

Click for a larger image Little has changed with the IEF chart since last week; we are still in the middle of a triangle consolidation. Pri...

The markets sold off today in reaction to the flu scare. But there is more to the situation than that. Notice how both the IWMs and the SP...

From the NY Times: Timothy F. Geithner, who as president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank oversaw many of the nation’s most powerful fin...

Click for a larger image Above is a chart of seasonally adjusted mass lay-off events, which occur when an employer lays off at least 50 peop...

From the NY Times: Companies are taking billions of dollars in losses as they write down the value of assets known as good will — the amount...

I continue to be very suspicious of the latest rally. First, let's take a look at the charts. Click on all charts for a larger image T...

It's that time of the week. Think about anything except the markets or the economy. I'll be back on Monday. Until then....

The general trend of hours worked is down. From 1964 to 2008, total hours worked/week has decreased from 38.6 to 33.5 (roughly). Real weekl...

From the Census Bureau: New orders for manufactured durable goods in March decreased $1.3 billion or 0.8 percent to $161.2 billion, the U.S....

Actually, I think this will wind up being a multi-prong set of articles because the answer will probably evolve over time. Over the last few...

The weekly charts shows the dollar made a double top with the first top occurring at the end of last year and the second top occurring at th...

A note on yesterday's charts: I was out for the afternoon. When I got back to the office I forgot to refill the background on several c...

Offered without further comment: a graph of government receipts and expenditures followed by a graph of total government debt. Click for a ...

From Bloomberg: United Parcel Service Inc., the world’s largest package-delivery company, posted a profit that trailed estimates and forecas...

Today I'm going to look at government spending and GDP so see what the numbers tell us. All of the numbers are in chained 2000 dollars....

First, an update on yesterday's "Today's Market" post. For reasons unknown to me, my daily charts did not fill in the lat...