The Bonddad Blog

- by New Deal democrat Yesterday Lakshman Achuthan made the rounds of business television shows to once again announce their 14+ month ...

- by New Deal democrat On Monday I pointed out that there has been a ratcheting down of the economy since march, in a way that hadn'...

 - by New Deal democrat Initial jobless claims fell 23,000 this past week but were well above the trend before Sandy hit at the end of Oc...

The above graph is from the latest Eurostat GDP release for the EU area.   Let's consider the following information to illustrate the...

Since 2005, the gold ETF has rallied.  It dropped in late 2008 in reaction to the global financial crisis and has moved sideways for t...

On November 29th, I get to have my left hip resurfaced -- which I call hip replacement light.  Put briefly, I was born with bad hips, so t...

The new electoral math (Public Opinion Strategies) Revenge of the reality based community (Bruce Bartlett) \ US housing in midst of recov...

What follows are the first five paragraphs from the latest Reserve Bank of Australia's minutes (italicized ) with some additional commen...

The grains complex has rallied from the 200 day EMA into resistance.  Prices spiked in the early summer, but have been drifting lower sin...

What is Simpson Bowles (WaPo) Will the fiscal cliff break Grover Norquist? (WaPo) Democrats unwilling to trim entitlement spending (NYT) ...

Tomorrow, the central bank of Brazil meets to discuss interest rate policy, which   the bank has been aggressively lowering over the last ye...

Let's start by looking at one of the better performing equity markets (Germany) and one of the worst (Brazil). The German market is th...

The GOPs read my lips moment (WaPo) 7 GOPers who have disavowed  Norquist pledge (TPM) Fiscal cliff talks update (WaPo) A history of Sen...

- by New Deal democrat For three years beginning in late spring 2009, the data justified optimism about the economy. That all changed...

The long-term trend of the Chinese ETF is consolidation in a symmetrical triangle pattern.  Several weeks ago, prices broke out, but fell...

Last week was a holiday shortened week, which means that any move has to be viewed skeptically.  However, we did see stocks as the strongest...

  - by New Deal democrat The limited October data released this past week was mainly housing and it was positive, including existing ho...

- by New Deal democrat * With a tip of the hat to Prof. Brad DeLong's "Liveblogging World War 2" ... ------ ...

My Dad gets in later today, so I'm booked with family events through the weekend.  NDD is off as well but will have something up tomorro...