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The debt deal has pretty much cinched the possibility of continued high unemployment and slow growth for the foreseeable future. More import...

Let's take a look at the economic news from last week. First, there were three macro-level release. The Chicago Fed National Activity I...

Last week, I wrote the following about the market: There are two ways to look at the current market situation. 1.) The QQQs are making the ...

- by New Deal democrat Showing you that I'm not just a nerd for economic data, I'm a nerd for all data, here are two items from op...

- by New Deal democrat Without doubt, the rear view mirror news of a steep reduction in first Quarter GDP to a puny +0.4%, and the below e...

- by New Deal democrat There is little to do by way of economic analysis this week, because everything depends on the timing and extent of W...

From the BEA: Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States --...

Last week, I wrote the following about the dollar: Ideally, we'd see the dollar in a relief rally sometime over the next week or so to ...

- by New Deal democrat Both academic economists like Prof. Brad DeLong, and lay observers have voiced skepticism, even "alarm," ...

Professor Mark Thoma over at Economists View is asking an interesting question: When I was trying to figure out if there was a housing bubbl...

Last week, I wrote the following about the oil market: Give the fundamental supply/demand situation, I still expect prices to be moving hig...

After thinking about NDDs position yesterday, I want to go on record as saying I agree with him. A situation that should have gone off with...

The Effect of A Downgrade on All Levels of the Economy How a Downgrade Will Effect Consumers Three Signs that Investors are Getting Antsy Bo...

Today, I want to take a look at copper, as this chart is giving me hope for the next few months. First, note that from the beginning of Febr...

- by New Deal democrat "Diejenigen, die nicht sehen können, müssen sich fühlen." Translation: "Those who cannot see, must ...

- by New Deal democrat Housing Tracker's final report of asking prices in 54 metropolitan areas is in, and it shows that the YoY rate o...

- by New Deal democrat I just wanted to add a brief, and totally out of the box, comment to Bonddad's last post. Allowing the US to defa...

1.) Of all the debates we could be going through at this point, this is the dumbest possible. The last two employment reports have been te...

I wrote the following about the market last week: The treasury market is still caught between conflicting trends. On one hand, the US is ...

From Brad Delong But Wall Street is not all that matters. A lot of small businessmen and women out here in what you people in Washington so...