Saturday, August 1, 2015

Weekly Indicators for July 27 31 at XE.com

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 - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is  up at XE.com .  Several more coincident indicators have turned soft or close to neg...
Friday, July 31, 2015

International Economic Week in Review: Emerging Market Exodus, Edition

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This is over at XE.com

The Q2 stall in labor costs and part-time employment

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 - by New Deal democrat The employment cost index (ECI), a median measure of employee compensation, pretty much laid an egg in the s...

International Economic Week in Review: Emerging Market Exodus, Edition

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This is over at XE.com
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Sorry, Doomers, there's still no sign of recession

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 - by New Deal democrat As you all probably know by now, the first estimate of 2nd quarter GDP was reported at +2.3% annualized, in line ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Record high rents, record low vacancies continue

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 - by New Deal democrat I have a new post  up at XE.com . The apartment boom is continuing, featuring record high rents, and record low v...
Monday, July 27, 2015

International Preview For the Week of July 27-31

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This is over at XE.com
Sunday, July 26, 2015

US Equity and Economic Review: Transports Still Concerning, Edition

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

Weekly Indicators for July 20 - 24 at XE.com

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 - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is  up at XE.com .  The continuing collapse in commodities is the biggest story, followe...

Dear God: Powerline Still Believes in the "CRA Caused the Great Recession" Theory.

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Paul Mirengoff over at Powerline still believes the CRA caused the Great Recession.  Thankfully, Barry Ritholtz did the heavy lifting on th...
Friday, July 24, 2015

International Economic Week in Review: IMF Lowers Growth Projections, Edition

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This is over at XE.com
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Initial jobless claims adjusted for population set a new all-time low

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 - by New Deal democrat This morning population adjusted initial jobless claims set a new all-time record. On an unadjusted basis...

Sub-$2/gas this winter?

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 - by New Deal democrat I have a new post, discussing gas prices,  at XE.com . We've probably already hit our peak in gas prices t...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

The shallow industrial recession and the strong US$

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 - by New Deal democrat I have a new post  up at XE.com . The New York Fed recently released a report on the effects of an appreciatio...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Black September revisited: On planet Earth, 2008 was a credit event, not a housing event

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 - by New Deal democrat In December 2008, I wrote "Black September: Why the economy suddenly went into free fall"   a day-by-...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

US Economic and Equity Week in Review

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This is over at XE.com

The Niagara Frontier

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 - by New Deal democrat Just got back from the area where I grew up: the Niagara Frontier of NY and Canada. Normally you only hear of...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Weekly Indicators for July 13 - 17 at XE.com

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 - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is up at XE.com .  The recent trends all continued this past week.
Friday, July 17, 2015

International Economic Week in Review

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This is over at XE.com

It's Another Policy Fail From Ed Morrissey of Hot Air

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     In several recent articles, Ed Morrissey of Hot Air has argued against the ACA in quite vociferous terms.   Unfortunately, his art...