Saturday, April 10, 2021

Weekly Indicators for April 5 - 9 at Seeking Alpha

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   - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha . The big news continues to be bifurcation between the currently ...
Friday, April 9, 2021

With a Booming economy comes at least transitory inflation: March producer prices

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   - by New Deal democrat One of the economic subjects you are going to hear a lot about this year is inflation. We are recovering from a s...
Thursday, April 8, 2021

Jobless claims: progress pauses, as a new surge in COVID in Michigan and the Northeast causes concern

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   - by New Deal democrat New jobless claims are likely to the most important weekly economic data for the next 3 to 6 months. As the number...
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

February JOLTS report showed a pandemic still in control

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    - by New Deal democrat Yesterday morning’s JOLTS report for February showed that the pandemic was still in control of the numbers. This ...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

American plutocracy in two simple graphs; plus, when will wage growth bottom?

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   - by New Deal democrat The JOLTS report for February comes out later this morning; I may post on it later or tomorrow. In the meantime, h...
Monday, April 5, 2021

Coronavirus dashboard for April 5: the problematic cases of Chile . . . and Michigan

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   - by New Deal democrat As you probably already know, the news on the vaccination front continues to be good, as the US is now administer...
Sunday, April 4, 2021

I bookmarked a prediction about the coronavirus by supply-sider Scott Grannis one year ago ...

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 - by New Deal democrat   As I mention from time to time, I read a number of economic observers with whose opinions I usually strongly disa...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

Weekly Indicators for March 29 - April 2 at Seeking Alpha

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   - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha . One fairly unique service I think I provide is not just foreca...
Friday, April 2, 2021

Blockbuster March jobs report, but still a long way to go

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    - by New Deal democrat HEADLINES : +916,000 million jobs added. The alternate, and more volatile measure in the household report indicat...
Thursday, April 1, 2021

ISM manufacturing at multi-decade highs in March, while construction chilled in the February Big Texas Freeze

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   - by New Deal democrat Two  months ago I wrote that both the manufacturing and housing sectors were “on fire.” Then last month I wrote t...

New jobless claims rise slightly, expect a big payrolls gain tomorrow

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   - by New Deal democrat New jobless claims are likely to the most important weekly economic data for the next 3 to 6 months. They are goi...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Housing and the economy, now and in 2022 - recession caution?

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   - by New Deal democrat My long-form review and forecast of the housing market and its potential effect on the 2022 economy is up at Seeki...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

This may be the most important housing chart of springtime 2021

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   - by New Deal democrat My longform housing market analysis is almost complete, and will probably get posted later today or tomorrow at Se...
Monday, March 29, 2021

Coronavirus dashboard for March 28: good news ... < sigh > ... and bad news

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   - by New Deal democrat According to the CDC, there have been 30.3 Million *confirmed* cases of COVID-19 in the US, and 550,000 deaths.The...
Saturday, March 27, 2021

Weekly Indicators for March 22 - 26 at Seeking Alpha

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    - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha . For the first time since I started tracking this data, literal...
Friday, March 26, 2021

February personal income and spending decline: the back end of January stimulus payments

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   - by New Deal democrat Last month I wrote that the: “report on January personal income and spending shows just how important the stimulus...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

Jobless claims make new pandemic lows at last

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    - by New Deal democrat New jobless claims are likely to the most important weekly economic data for the next 3 to 6 months. They are goi...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Economic data and coronavirus quick hits

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   - by New Deal democrat I really need to rouse myself to write a long form piece on interest rates, housing, and the economy to post over...