Pretty amazing: This data release (May 2007) marks the 18th consecutive decline in growth, dating back to December 2005. As the chart...
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The headline number miss of yesterday’s Durable Goods number got some people worried about GDP today. Following May’s 2.3%...
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"David F. Seiders, chief economist of the National Association of Home Builders, said the unexpected weakness in recent months had...
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I am up in Maine this weekend at Leen’s Lodge, courtesy of David Kotok’s annual economic summit/fly fishing event....
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Now you know why its called the City that never sleeps: Everyone is up late talking too fast, grinding their teeth. Source:World...
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I am meetings this morning, but I needed to get a quick follow up to yesterday’s Retail data. It was mixed, with a negative bias...
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I’ve mentioned the B/D adjustment over the years, and how its become an increasingly large portion of the reported BLS new jobs....
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There is a fascinating article in today’s WSJ about a contentious valuation debate: Homebuilders judged by their book value. What...
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How bad is the Adustable Rate Mortage (ARM) situation? Stephanie Pomboy via Barron’s Alan Abelson has the straight dope: ...
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Whoever wrote the headline for today’s WSJ is our latest nominee for Peyote spokesman of the month. I don’t know gets the...
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