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From the CIA World Fact Book: Characterized by large and well-developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors, Brazil...

Industrial metals are still in a sideways pattern, rotating around the 200 day EMA.  We see support at the 20.25 level and resistance at ...

India loosens monetary policy (FT) Latest quarterly banking profile from the FDIC (FDIC)   Latest stress tests should show progress (NYT)...

- by New Deal democrat Gallup's daily economic polling really "earned its bones" last year. The daily confidence numbers held...

The above chart shows the 10 largest world economics according to the CIA World Fact Book.  Some of these numbers are from the end of la...

As a review, my central thesis of the market is that we're technically overbought.  As such, the equity markets are looking at a period ...

- by New Deal democrat Introductory note: For those of you who aren't aware of the past history of the bloggers here with Daily Kos...

- by New Deal democrat Monthly releases were dominated by the payrolls report, which disappointed only in that it wasn't more of a blo...

It's that time of the week. NDD will make a few posts this weekend. I'll be back on Monday. Have a happy and safe weekend. Until...

The above chart places total federal spending in perspective; we see a big increase in spending as a result of the Korean War.  Then we se...

From the Beige Book: Of the Districts reporting on hiring, most indicated a slight increase. Boston, New York, Cleveland, Richmond, St. Lo...

Last month Rush Limbaugh (among many others on the "I will only report numbers that back up my worldview" train) made it very clea...

Above are the charts for the treasury market, starting with the shortest maturity and going to the longest.  The shorter maturities a...