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From the Washington Post: Many Democrats say the economy needs more stimulus. Business lobbyists and their Republican allies say it needs l...

From the FT: The eurozone’s growth spurt lost momentum this month, as an expansion in output in Germany and France failed to make up for ...

Click for a bigger chart. Prices gapped higher at the open (b), but hit resistance 108.5 and reversed, rallying into the 10 minute EMA (d) b...

- by New Deal democrat With Bonddad's permission, I've made a couple of additons to the site. First of all, on the right side I...

One of the oldest arguments on the internet is the government -- or non-government numbers for that matter -- are deeply flawed and therefor...

- by New Deal democrat Way back in 2006,(see, for example, here ) I started to develop a narrative for what I called "the s l o w -...

Notice that the level denoted by (a) was still technically important last week, as prices attempted to move through this level, only to be r...

- by New Deal democrat Here is a song you have probably never heard. To appreciate it, I suggest minimizing the screen while you listen, ...

- by New Deal democrat This week the initial strong showing of Industrial Production, up 1.0%, and capacity utilization, up 0.7%, were ove...

One of the frustrating aspects of the initial new claims data is there is no underlying information -- that is, there is no information abou...

- by New Deal democrat As I have frequently pointed out, the KISS method to be right about the economy over the next 3-6 months is simply ...

From Bloomberg: The Bundesbank raised its growth forecast for Germany this year after the economy expanded at the fastest pace in two decade...

Notice that stock prices have been trading in a range for the last three and a half months. The EMA picture (a) is extremely cloudy; all the...

- by New Deal democrat [Note: I drafted this early last month, but withheld publishing it, because it seemed "defensive." Altho...

From Bloomberg: Initial claims are piling up, indicating that businesses are continuing to cut costs. Initial claims came in at 500,000 in ...

- by New Deal democrat Since Bonddad hasn't posted on this (yet), allow me to make a few comments: 1. 500,000 new jobless claims is ba...

From Agrimoney.com While traders cited continuing pressure on prices from funds selling up, and farmer selling, the prospect of a weak gra...

Yesterday, prices traded between two important technical levels, the first established over a week ago (a) and the second from the previous ...