Saturday, April 2, 2011

Weekly Indicators: no fooling Edition

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- by New Deal democrat The week's headline numbers were the 216,000 jobs added in March and the continued decline in the unemployment ra...
Friday, April 1, 2011

Weekend Weimar and Beagle

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[Weekly Indicators tomorrow - NDD]

Is Inflation Really An Issue?

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Consider the following charts. The above chart is the year over year percentage change in core inflation. It is currently showing one of ...

With Noticably Rare Exceptions

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Go Read This Now ESPECIALLY the comments

BLS + 216,000; Unemployment at 8.8%

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From the BLS: Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.8 percent, the U.S...

Yesterday's Market

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Is It About the Productivity -- Or is There Something More?

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From the AP: The United States is out of step with the rest of the world's richest industrialized nations: Its economy is growing faster...

The Housing Bust updated: Lo and behold, supply and demand works!

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-by New Deal democrat A few months ago I had the temerity to ask: Is it time to start looking for the end of the housing bust? That's ...

Yesterday's Market

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

State tax revenues for 4Q 2010 surprise to the upside

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- by New Deal democrat Calculated Risk tells us this morning that the Census Bureau reported quarterly state tax receipts for the 4th quar...

Are Transports Really Giving the Market A Good Signal?

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The Reason There is No Pent-Up Consumer Demand

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The following chart was printed on the Economists' Free Exchange Blog: While consumers are spending, as shown in the chart above, there ...

Manufacturing -- Think Small

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From the NY Times: Think manufacturing, and most likely your brain defaults to abandoned factories, outsourcing and economically devastated...

Yesterday's Market

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Gold Still Hitting Resistance

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From Bloomberg: “The more positive signs from the U.S. economy mean that the expectations of rate rises are starting to come back to people’...

Four Important Positive Changes in the U.S. Economy

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There are three underlying trends occurring in the U.S. Economy that are flying below the radar. 1.) The increased savings rate: for the las...

New Congresspeople Now Members of the Washington Lobotomy Factory

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From the Washingtonpost: A breakdown late last week in closed-door negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House on funding...

Yesterday's Market

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Are Durable Goods Orders Showing an Upcoming Slowdown?

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This chart is bothering me. Notice that a large number of data points in the last year are concentrated in the 192,000-196,000 area. There...

The Week Ahead

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Stocks: The rally over the last week or so has been very weak. Volume has been down and half of the upward moves occurred at the open with...