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  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is  up at XE.com . There is a stark contrast between the more internationally-influen...

  - by New Deal democrat I have a  post up at XE.com  about the great November retail sales report this morning. A few Doomers have act...

  - by New Deal democrat I have a  new post up at XE.com  looking at the short leading indicators -- those that tell us the direction of...

     By way of background, John Hinderaker of the Power Line blog was one of the many conservatives who argued that QE and government stimul...

  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is  up at XE.com .  The global slowdown is having a negative effect on a few things, bu...

- by New Deal democrat HEADLINES : 321,000 jobs added to the economy U3 unemployment rate unchanged at 5.8% Wages and participation ...

I'm going through one of my "God both parties really suck shit" phases.  Let's start with the Democrats who got their asse...

  - by New Deal democrat I have a new post  up at XE.com , detailing all of the October housing reports, and showing why they are adding ...

  - by New Deal democrat The usual suspects (We're DOOOOMED!!!) have picked up on media reports that allegedly US holiday sales over ...

  - by New Deal democrat One of my goals is to bring you "value added," in other words, rather than simply updating you on the ...

  - by New Deal democrat The below graph comes from  GasBuddy , showing gas prices for the last 10 years: See that upward spike way...

  - by New Deal democrat You know the drill.  It's Sunday, so I get to ruminate on whatever.  Regular economic blogging will resume t...

     One of the great benefits of having multiple equity averages is that they almost always confirm each other; for example, when the SPYs...

  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators piece is  up at XE.com . There was more than one very sharp positive.  But a few cracks a...

  - by New Deal democrat Best wishes for a very happy Thanksgiving. Here is a little wonky economic thing we can be thankful for.  Sinc...

  - by New Deal democrat A slew of housing data for September and October was reported yesterday and this morning.  I'll try to have ...

  - by New Deal democrat The BEA's revised release  for 3rd quarter GDP included its calculation of corporate protifts, which rose 1....

... of the oil choke collar.  - by New Deal democrat This is from Gas Buddy  this morning: The price of gas has fallen to $2.82 a ...

  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators piece is  up at XE.com . The conclusion this week was pretty simple and straightforward.

     One of the main points I've made over the last few weeks is the market is expensive by most valuation models.  This is hardly a rev...