Saturday, August 23, 2014

Weekly Indicators for August 18 - 22 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is  up at XE.com .  Summer is nearing its close and the data allows us to put our feet ...
Friday, August 22, 2014

The consumer fades further: real retail sales per capita for July

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 - by New Deal democrat With the release of the CPI the other day, I can update on of my new favorite economic measures, real retail sal...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Prices of existing houses have probably made an interim peak

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  - by New Deal democrat I have a new post  up at XE.com  on this morning's report on existing home sales for July. We have probabl...

EU Weakness in Two Charts

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This is over at XE.xom
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

We Might As Well Describe the EU's Economy As One in Permanent Recession

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This is over at XE.com http://community.xe.com/blog/xe-market-analysis/we-might-well-describe-eus-economy-one-permanent-recession
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Lower mortgage rates = bottom in housing slowdown has probably passed

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  - by New Deal democrat I have a new  post up at XE.com , looking at today's housing permits report. It looks like the decrease in i...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Weekly Indicators for August 11 - 15 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators piece is  up at XE.com . With increased geopolitical and international economic concerns,...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Industrial production and nonfarm payrolls: As Good as It Gets, Millennium edition

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  - by New Deal democrat The index of industrial production has grown at nearly a 5% rate in the past year (blue in the graph below), whi...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

US consumers have been slowly tightening their pursestrings

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  - by New Deal democrat I have a new post  up at XE.com , discussing the state of the American consumer in view of yesterday's flat ...
Saturday, August 9, 2014

Weekly Indicators for August 4 - 8 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator column for this week is  up at XE.com .  Here we are in the dog days of summer, and the numb...
Friday, August 8, 2014

International Week in Review: The ECB Blows It Edition

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This is over at XE.com http://community.xe.com/blog/xe-market-analysis/international-week-review-ecb-blows-it-edition

A better measure of labor utilization

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  - by New Deal democrat Every month there seems to be a debate about the strength, or lack thereof, of the recovery in jobs since the de...

Don't Expect a Rate Cut In Australia Anytime Soon

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This is over at XE.com http://community.xe.com/blog/xe-market-analysis/dont-expect-rate-reduction-reserve-bank-australia
Thursday, August 7, 2014

DEATHMATCH! Hurricane vs. volcanoes

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  - by New Deal democrat As many of you probably recall, I frequently check the  webcams at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii .  Usually the summ...

The apartment boom of 2014: more building, low vacancies, higher rents

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  -by New Deal democrat I have a new post up at XE.com  taking a detailed look at the apartment boom, which is the only part of the housi...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The REAL "real unemployment rate" for July 2014

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 - by New Deal democrat This is a slow week for data.  That being said, there is some worthwhile updated information on labor utilization...
Monday, August 4, 2014

Has the Russell 2000 ETF Formed a Double Top?

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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Weekly Indicators for July 28 - August 1 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat This week's installment is  up at XE.com .  The news remains positive, but less so in comparison with recent...
Friday, August 1, 2014

July 2014 jobs report: excellent job creation, poor wage and participation omens

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- by New Deal democrat HEADLINES : 205,000 jobs added to the economy U3 unemployment rate rose from 6.1% to 6.2% Wages and participa...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Russell Index Down For the Month

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