Saturday, November 21, 2020

Weekly Indicators for November 16 - 20 at Seeking Alpha

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    - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha . Nothing definitive yet - after all weekly data is going to be...
Friday, November 20, 2020

Coronavirus dashboard for November 20: North Dakota “leads” the world

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    - by New Deal democrat Total US infections: 11,715,316* Average last 7 days: 165,029/day (new record high = 1 out of every 2000 American...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Jobless claims: the beginning of a pandemic reversal?

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   - by New Deal democrat This week’s new jobless claims rose from last week’s pandemic lows, while continued jobless claims again declined ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Housing permits and starts: more evidence for a powerful economic liftoff in 2021

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    - by New Deal democrat This morning yet another leading indicator showed that the economy is revving to move ahead strongly, and is only...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Economy still expanding, but with retail consumption outpacing production

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   - by New Deal democrat This morning saw two important releases of October data: industrial production and retail sales. Both showed cont...
Monday, November 16, 2020

Coronavirus Dashboard for November 16: raging out of control

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    - by New Deal democrat Total US infections: 11,036,935* Average last 7 days: 148,725/day (new record high) Total US deaths: 246,214 Aver...

Democrats: the “less unpopular” party

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   - by New Deal democrat No economic news today. I hope to put up an updated Coronavirus Dashboard (hint: it’s pretty unremittingly awful) ...
Sunday, November 15, 2020

The Democrats’ problem in the Senate, explained

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   - by New Deal democrat One of the memes that I have read quite a few times in the past week is that the Democrats have won 7 of the last ...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Weekly Indicators for November 9 - 13 at Seeking Alpha

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   - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha . With Joe Biden assuming the Presidency on January 20, and a an...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Lack of inflation in September consistent with weak demand; real wages increase, but will the pandemic derail the gains?

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    - by New Deal democrat Consumer prices were unchanged in October, both on a seasonally adjusted and unadjusted basis: But while the lack...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

New and continued jobless claims: best week of the pandemic; can it survive a new emergency?

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   - by New Deal democrat This week’s new and continued jobless claims, both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, declined to new pandemic lo...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Semptember JOLTS report shows jobs recovery has been real - but will it continue?

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   - by New Deal democrat Yesterday’s JOLTS report for September showed a jobs market that continues to be, ever so slowly, on the mend. Ope...