The Bonddad Blog

- by New Deal democrat Meteorologically speaking, we are at the coldest point of the winter. From now on, we can begin to look forward to sp...

From This Week in Petroleum In late December, the average national retail price of regular grade gasoline rose above $3 per gallon for the ...

The Financial Times -- which has one of the most ridicules copyright policies of any newspaper -- has a story today about the city of Valle...

From the Beige Book: Activity in residential real estate and new home construction remained slow across all Districts. A majority of the D...

From the AP Some firefighters turned in their helmets and police officers their badges Tuesday as part of deep municipal layoffs destined t...

- by New Deal democrat Economist's View reprinted a great article by the San Francisco Fed this morning, entitled Household Debt and...

Let's move onto the service component of the Beige Book: Activity was said to be steady to increasing among Districts reporting on nonf...

- by New Deal democrat Last week Zillow made headlines with a report stating that Home Value Declines Surpass those of the Great Depression ...

Technology has had a profound impact on the way business utilizes technology. Hunter Richards provides the analysis in this excellent artic...

Let's continue the Beige Book analysis with a look at consumer spending: Retail spending showed improvement across all Districts, with ...

I almost always use candle chart because they provide a great deal of information. However, sometimes less information is better because it...

The markets are closed today. I'll post yesterday's market tomorrow AM. Last week, the Federal Reserve published the Beige Book. ...