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Consumer confidence at 5-year high (Marketwatch)   Japan's retail sales fall most since Tsunami (Marketwatch)   Official retail numbe...

I've picked on John Taylor a great deal, largely because he continually compares this recovery to the 1980s recovery (see here and here...

The 30 minute SPY chart (top chart) shows that despite the hoopla surrounding the market narrative last week, the big downward move...

  - by New Deal democrat The big economic news this week was that, in the rear view mirror, 3rd quarter GDP rose +2.0% on an annualized...

No dog pictures this week -- it's been a bit hectic. I'll be back on Monday and NDD will be here tomorrow. Have a good weekend.

 There has been a lot of ink (both digital and otherwise) spilled over the current situation in China.  However, it's been a bit since I...

I'll be dealing with this in far more detail next week after I have time to go through the data.  For now, I'll say this is about pa...

The Malaysian market is close to an important breakout.  The weekly chart (top chart) shows that prices broke through long-term resistanc...

UK GDP increases 1% (NSO) New home sales up 5.7% (Census) New home sales charts (CR) FOMC statement (FRB) Bank of Canada monetary polic...

- by New Deal democrat ... will be to make sure that every corporatist "democrat" who stabs the middle and working class in ...

From the New Yorker: This is an appealing vision. In most areas of the economy, free-market principles insure that products and services ...

Oil -- which had been stranded at the 10/20/50 day EMA for the last few weeks -- has finally sold-off below levels established earlier th...

EU consumer confidence at -24.2 (Eurostat) Richmond Fed manufacturing at -7 (Richmond Fed) Australian inflation at 1.4% for the quarter, ...

From the latest IMF report: Cyclical indicators point to ample slack in many advanced economies but to capacity constraints in a number of...

While a lot was discussed about yesterday's sell-off, the real issue is that prices gapped lower at the open and then traded sideways...

Debate winners and losers (WaPo) 7 takeaways from the debate (Politico) Anti-science beliefs jeopardize democracy (Scientific American) ...

Thursday marks the 4-week anniversary of my hip surgery.  Now, I would love to tell you that I'm a pure iron man and the surgery had lit...

. - by New Deal democrat I've been speculating that the surprise increase in gas prices over the late summer would lead to an increa...

The yen has been catching a safety bid as a result of all the EU turmoil.  This has not helped the country, as a higher yen leads to lowe...

How Romney and Obama can both win (Politico) Dispute between Japan and China lowers Japanese trade (FT) Great video on the Chinese Slowdo...