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Saturday, August 12, 2017

Weekly Indicators for August 7 - 11 at XE.com

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 - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is  up at XE.com . It's the dog days of summer, and not much is changing.
Friday, August 11, 2017

On consumer inflation, it's a gas! Plus, the rent is too d@#^ high

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 - by New Deal democrat It's pretty clear that inflation isn't going to hit the Fed's ceil... er, target, of 2% for awhi...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

In which I (partially) disagree with Dean Baker about the stock market

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 - by New Deal democrat Dean Baker complained yesterday about pundits who talk about the stock market in terms of economic well-b...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

On JOLTS, I continue to dissent

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 - by New Deal democrat The only two significant items of data in the second week of the month typically had been the JOLTS report ...
Tuesday, August 8, 2017

The Doomers get one right

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 - by New Deal democrat Every now and then, as the saying goes, even a blind squirrel finds a nut. Thus it is with the personal saving ...
Sunday, August 6, 2017

My Weekly Posts Are Up At XE.com

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US Bond Market Week in Review US Equity Market Week in Review International Economic Week in  Review
Saturday, August 5, 2017

Weekly Indicators for July 31 - August 4 at XE.com

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 - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is  up at XE.com . Once again, all stages of indicators are positive.
Friday, August 4, 2017

July jobs report: across the board solid

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- by New Deal democrat HEADLINES : +209,000 jobs added U3 unemployment rate down -0.1% from 4.4% to 4.3% U6 underemployment rate unc...
Thursday, August 3, 2017

Consumer durable purchasing (houses and cars) stalls

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 - by New Deal democrat Along with corporate profits in the producer sector, the other two nonfinancial leading sectors are those consumer d...
Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Rasmussen poll shows GOP losing midterms in a wave

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 - by New Deal democrat I like K.I.S.S. methods, and I have decided that the easiest K.I.S.S. guide to the midterm elections is likely t...

Update for long leading indicators - most still positive

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 - by New Deal democrat While several of the long leading indicators have turned negative, a majority are still positive. This post is...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

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On health care, is it time for "skinny improvement?"

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 - by New Deal democrat While I don't think the GOP assault on Obamacare is over for the long term -- for example, if they pick up a...
Monday, July 31, 2017

Apartment vacancy rate improves, but "rental affordability crisis" at worst level ever

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 -  by New Deal democrat Over three years ago HUD warned of  "the worst rental affordability crisis ever,"  citing statistics ...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

US Equity and Economic Week in Review: The Economy Rebounds from Recent Data Softness

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            Unlike several weeks over the last few months where pieces of the economic releases were moderately weaker, this week’s news wa...
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Weekly Indicators for July 24 - 28 at XE.com

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 - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is  up at XE.com .  Rail carloads have turned increasingly negative YoY over the last m...
Friday, July 28, 2017

Both long leading indicators in advance Q2 GDP turn negative

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 - by New Deal democrat While Q2 GDP increased at a smart rate, there was bad news in both of the long leading indicators that are conta...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

LOOK AT THE BIG DIVERGENCE BETWEEN "SOFT" AND "HARD" DATA ... Ummm ..never mind....

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- by New Deal democrat Since this year the Doomers haven't even been able to rouse themselves up enough to call for OMG recession im...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Do daily corporate federal tax receipts forecast quarterly profits?

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  - by New Deal democrat This post is  over at XE.com What if we didn't have to wait until two or three months after the end of a q...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Of the two meanings of "Neoliberalism"

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 - by New Deal democrat The use of the term "neoliberal" has recently been criticized as a meaningless epithet, a tabula rasa ...
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