Weekly Indicators for May 22 - 26 at XE.com

 - by New Deal democrat

My Weekly Indicators post is up at XE.com.

The easiest, quick and dirty way to gauge the near term outlook for the economy is to look at stock prices and jobless claims. This week the former made a new record high, and the four week average of the latter a new 40 year low, so that part is easy!