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 - by New Deal democrat In the rear view window, Q1 GDP was initially reported at +2.5% annualized. Once again, private growth was dep...

. By New Deal democrat If you are one of our followers from progressive political blogs, I notice that the crucial point fron this artic...

- by New Deal democrat It occurred to me during this past week that I hadn't bothered to check for any new iterations of their rec...

We've written a fair amount about the absolute, mind-numbing stupidity of austerity on this blog.  From the questionable intellectual un...

. - by New Deal democrat In 2011 and 2012, there appeared to be an unresolved spring seasonality in initial jobless claims. So far this ...

Earlier this week, Markit released their flash estimates of manufacturing activity.  Let's take a look at the readings, starting with th...

I wanted to return again to Macroblog's employment chart: I've written a bit about this before, focusing on why businesses are...

On March 27, I posted the chart of the German IFO index with the title, "Should This Chart Be More Concerning?"   While the chart ...

Last week, the ECB issued their monthly bulletin.   Let's take a look at the underlying data to reeducate ourselves about the EU. ...

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I'm fairly bearish on the Canadian economy right now, as I've noted in several posts .  Last week, the Canadian Central bank maintai...

As I noted on April 2 , the copper market is weak.  In general, we're dealing with a situation of over-supply and diminished demand.  No...

From the Financial Times: José Manuel Barroso said that while he still believed in the need for sweeping economic reforms and drastic c...

Last week's announcement from China that their GDP grew 7.7% year over year was a disappointment for the markets as a whole and a revers...

- by New Deal democrat No sooner does Bonddad publish his piece immediately below than Paul Krugman finds a nearly perfect example of...

Last week, we learned that the Reinhart and Rogoff paper which provided one of the strongest pedestals for the austerity debate was deeply...

The top chart is a 60 minute chart of the SPYs. Prices have moved in a downward sloping channel from the 159 to 154 level since ...

 - by New Deal democrat Monthly data releases for March in the last week included Leading Economic INdicatorss, down -0.1, the first de...

Wow -- it seems like time has stopped today as we await the resolution of the Boston situation.  Here's some cuteness too alleviate so...

Over at All Star Charts, JC has posted a very interesting chart showing that the only major equity markets in the world to post gains over ...