Saturday, August 10, 2013

Weekly indicators: consumer spending breaks on through to the other side edition

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 - by New Deal democrat This may have been the slowest week for monthly data ever. The only item of note was the ISM services report, ...
Friday, August 9, 2013

Weekend Weimar, Beagle and Pit Bull

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I'll be back on Monday; NDD will be here tomorrow. Until then, relax.  

US GDP Growth Since 2009; Investment

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The above chart shows the quarter to quarter percentage change in GDP and the contribution from investment.  Here we see a somewhat spot...

An Overview Of the World Economic Situation

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From the Reserve Bank of India: Since early May when the Reserve Bank issued its Monetary Policy Statement for 2013-14, global growth ha...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Will the Second Half Print Strong Growth?

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There's a lot of very conflicting information on the US economy right now.  On the negative side we have the sequester and the potential...

Market/Econoimc Analysis: India; Still in Questionable Shape For New Central Bank Head

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The above five charts show the central problems facing the India economy.  The biggest is a declining GDP growth rate (top ch...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Headline of the day

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- by New Deal democrat From Will Bunch of the blog Atty-tood at philly.com: Anyone know the dial-in code for the next al-Qaeda confer...

US GDP Growth Since June 2009; PCEs

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According to the NBER, the recession ended in June 2009.  The above graph shows the quarterly percentage change in growth since 2009 and ...

The Rising Yuan And Slowing Chinese Growth

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Above is a weekly chart of the yuan ETF over a three year period.  In the 2H09 and most of 2010 we see a relative level of stability, sav...

Market/Economic Analysis: Australia Stabilizing At Slower Growth Levels

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Let's start with with this chart of overall Australian GDP: The annual growth rate peaked at 4.3% five quarters ago and has been fa...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Oil Remains Elevated

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The chart above shows that the price of oil remains in the 104-108 area, and has been holding this level for the last month or so.  The g...

Yes the Sequester and Federal Policy Is Hurting Growth

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Let's review some basic economics.  The GDP equation is C+I+X+G=GDP, where C=consumer spending, I=investment, X=net exports and G=govern...

Debunking the "we're only creating part time jobs" canard

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- by New Deal democrat OK, first things first: my co-blogger Bonddad posted the wrong comparison yesterday in criticizing an article a...

Market/Economic Analysis: Is the EU Recession Ending?

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I've been very bearish on the EU for the last 6-12 months.  However, recent reports indicate the EU's recession may be ending.  Let...
Monday, August 5, 2013

Random Thoughts On the Employment Report and the Employment Situation

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First, thanks to NDD for covering the employment report on Friday.   I want to add my inflation-adjusted two cents to the conversation. As...

The Economic Stupidity of Ed Morissey and Hot Air Continues

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I swear to God, Conservative economic blogging is without a doubt one of the most intellectually bereft fields of endeavor.  According to Ed...

Seniors in the workforce: it's primarily about longevity, not DOOM

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- by New Deal democrat One of the latest Doomer arguments is that the increase in people age 65 and over in the workforce proves that ...

Market/Economic Analysis: US; A Mixed Bag Of News

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Let's start by looking at the economic news from last week; The Good Texas manufacturing continued to expand, albeit at a slower pac...