The Bonddad Blog

- by New Deal democrat In the rending of garments over yesterday's jobs report, it is easy to overlook that most of the monthly da...

With Bonddad on vacation, I thought I would step in and summarize this less than stellar jobs report (its me SilverOz). Let's start o...

- by New Deal democrat Although there were some important silver linings, there are a lot of red flags in this mornings' employment ...

- by New Deal democrat One simplified way to look at why the recovery in jobs in the last two years has been so anemic is simply to no...

- by New Deal democrat Many if not most times you will see me cite year-over-year trends in economic data. This is because prior researc...

I'm taking the rest of the week off along with labor day on Monday. NDD may or may not be around, but I'll be back next Tuesday. H...

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

Over the weekend, NDD posted an article titled, The Doomers Tell a Compelling Story... Until You Look At Their Record. He noted that despit...

Last week, I wrote the following about the treasury market: Overall, the IEFS are looking over-extended in the short run; prices have move...

- by New Deal democrat A couple of weeks ago I wrote a summary called The data says: no double dip recession . No sooner had it come, ou...

On Friday, Bernanke made a very important speech, the last part of which has been under-reported. Consider the following: To achieve ec...

Consumer Spending: consumer sentiment moved slightly higher in the last two weeks of the month, rising from 54.9 to 55.7. However, it'...

Last week, I wrote the following about the market: The good news is it looks as though the market found a temporary bottom. But we are h...

- by New Deal democrat A commenter has asserted that I rely on nothing more than post-WW2 data, and therefore my conclusions are bogus...

- by New Deal democrat Monthly data was mixed. New home sales were down slightly, but essentially have been flat all year. Durable g...

So, the Fed did nothing. Don't be surprised, because, frankly, there isn't much they could actually do right now. Consider this ...

From the NY Times: In a turning of the tax policy tables, Democrats are increasingly hammering on Republicans who oppose the president’...

Last week, I wrote the following about the dollar: Until the dollar moves convincingly below the 20.9 area, we're still in a trading ...

While energy prices get all the headlines, food inflation does not. I don't know why that is, but it does seem to be the way of things....

There are currently 875 water main breaks in the City of Houston. Wouldn't it be nice to repair the infrastructure of the city to actua...