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I do not think these graphs are a coincidence 27 Aug 2013 | 04:32 pm
- by New Deal democrat My intensive examination of real average and median wages and income has caused me to rethink a few other things. First of all, I do not think that the relationship in the grap...
Are We Closer to Recession Than We Think? 26 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
Over about the last month, a number of economic numbers have been released that are a bit concerning. First, consider this point from Bloomberg: Price gains of stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 In...
Market/Economic Analysis: US 26 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Let's start by looking at last weeks news. The Good Existing home sales increased 6.5% and inventory increased to 5.1 months of supply. This is was good report for two reasons: sales increased, ind...
Weekly indicators: Steel production debuts, plus, Gallup gets a bad panel edition 24 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
- by New Deal democrat In July monthly data reported this past week, existing home sales rose, while new home sales fell sharply, confirming that higher interest rates are having an impact on that i...
Weekend Weimar, Beagle and Pit Bull 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
NDD will be here over the weekend; I'll be back on Monday.
Food CPI Contained 23 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
Riffing off the grain post from earlier today, here's a chart of the year over year percentage change in food CPI. Notice that prices are very much contained at this point, coming at under 2%:
Dear Kevin Drum, CNN Money, CNBC, ABC News, Huffington Post, and AP: No, household income does not equal "compensation" or "earnings" 23 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
- by New Deal democrat If you were wondering why I spent so much time and effort researching the the "median wage " and "median income" question, Kevin Drum becomes the latest economic observer to co...
More Downward Pressure On Grain Proces Likely 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
From the Financial Times: The US drought of 2012, the worst since the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s, is finally releasing its grip on world agricultural markets. Propitious growing conditions from B....
Initial jobless claims 22 Aug 2013 | 07:28 pm
- by New Deal democrat With weekly initial claims reported at 336,000 this morning and the 4 week average at 331,500, we remain firmly in a regular expansionary level. Beyond that, it is worth notin...
Interest rates in disinflationary vs deflationary environments 22 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
- by New Deal democrat I wanted to follow up on a point I made the other day in my post about "Three ways to look at interest rates." Namely (quoting myself here), I think it is important to keep in ...
