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 - by New Deal democrat Absolutely no monthly data of any significance was reported during the last week, except for the actual surplus...

. - by New Deal democrat It's been a really slow news week, so now is a good time to step back and update a look at the long leading...

I'm on the last day of a two week travel fest, moving from San Francisco last week to New Jersey this week.  To put it simply, I'm b...

Continuing my look at recent central bank action that occurred during my absence, we have the EU dropping its rate from 75BP to 50BP.  The r...

- by New Deal democrat For the second week in a row, initial jobless claims were under 330,000, at 323,000. Furthermore, the 4 week a...

I've written previously that I'm bearish on the Indian economy (see here and here ).  They're got numerous problems -- an incre...

- by New Deal democrat The title of this post isn't a partisan statement. It actually seems to be a fact that there has been disp...

Hey all -- this is Bonddad.  I'm back after vacation.  First, many thanks to NDD for the fine work he did while I and the Bondspouse vac...

. - by New Deal democrat I keep harping on the oil choke collar because it is something that is always going on, at least in the backgrou...

Let's now turn to US gross private investment, another component of the GDP equation. Total investment peaked at high levels before...

Continuing with our look at the current state of the US economy, let's turn to the manufacturing sector, starting with the latest ISM r...

- by New Deal democrat From the AP's Martha Irvine, via Talking Points Memo : Experts say that inability to fit into either world i...

- by New Deal democrat The most interesting results are the ones you don't expect to find, the ones that contradict your beliefs g...

- by New Deal democrat Regular economic blogging will resume tomorrow (and I know, because the post is already cued up). In the meant...

 - by New Deal democrat The big news was the continuing expansion of employment in April, and the decline in the unemployment rate. Av...

. - by New Deal democrat In case you haven't noticed, Bonddad's posting has been light this week. For the very good reason that...

One of the biggest problems with this expansion is the lack of meaningful income growth - which is to be expected with a higher rate of unem...

- by New Deal democrat I dubbed last month's report "the best awful employment report I've ever seen." This month w...

- by New Deal democrat Last weekend I said that the two important data releases this week, in addition to tomorrow's jobs report, ...

Let's continue our look at the US economy by looking at personal spending. Overall, real personal consumption expenditures (PCEs) h...