Saturday, May 2, 2015

Weekly Indicators for April 27 - May 1 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is  up at XE.com . I am in agreement with  ECRI's Lakshman Achuthan  (h/t  Doug ...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Four measures of real wage stagna-- ... er, slight improvement

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 - by New Deal democrat In the last several years, I have written a number of posts documenting the stagnation in average and median wages...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Bernanke 1; WSJ Editorial Board 0

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From Bernanke's Blog It's generous of the WSJ writers to note, as they do, that "economic forecasting isn't easy." Th...

Rents spike to new record in Q1

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 - by New Deal democrat Tuesday the Census Bureau released its quarterly report on homeownership .  While the bulk of the commentary focu...

Russia Continues to Deteriorate

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This is over at XE.com
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Comments on First Quarter 2015 GDP

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  - by New Deal democrat This post is  up at XE.com .  As bad numbers go, this one wasn't too bad.  As in, it was expected, and the w...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

John Hinderaker: The Dan Rather of the Right

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     It's no secret that I think John Hinderaker is, at best, a fool.  While I've focused exclusively on his remarkable record of ec...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

US Equity and Economic Review For the Week of April 20-24: Is This Another False Break-Out?, Edition

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This is over at XE.com
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Weekly Indicators for April 20 -24 at XE.com

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 - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is  up at XE.com . Looks like good news on consumers, but bad news seeping into hiring...
Friday, April 24, 2015

US housing market March update

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 - by New Deal democrat I have a new post  up at XE.com . The trend in the US housing market is of slow improvement.

Five graphs to watch in 2015: 1st quarter update

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 -  by New Deal democrat At the end of last year, I highlighted  5 graphs to watch in 2015.   Now that we have all of the reports for ...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Yes, China's Market Is In a Bubble, and No, It Won't End Well

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This is over at XE.com

Update on sales, housing, and employment: February was weather, March was the OIl patch

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  - by New Deal democrat (First of all, sorry for the lack of posting.  Real life has been busy, the economy not so much.) As we all ...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

US Equity And Economic Review For the Week of April 13-17; False Break-Out Edition

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This is over at XE.com
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Weekly Indicators for April 13 - 17 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is  up at XE.com .  Two big changes:  consumer spending and temporary staffing.
Friday, April 17, 2015

International Economic Week in Review: Slack, Slack, Everywhere There's Slack Edition

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This is over at XE.com

CPI: there is still no inflation, and real wage growth has stopped

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  - by New Deal democrat This inflation report this morning concluded 4 data series that size up where we are at our current crossroads. ...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Johnson and Johnson: A Great Company In a Great Sector

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This is not an invitation to buy or sell this security.  Do your own research and come to your own conclusions.  Heck, you might learn some...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Industrial Production: why, if you're not already, you should be reading "Weekly Indicators"

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  - by New Deal democrat For the last month, I have been saying, based on the "Weekly Indicators" of poor rail transport and st...

Abenomics Report Card: C+, At Best

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This is over at XE.com