Just a brief reminder: there have been numerous idiots insisting that the consumer was just fine, and this holiday season was free from...
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Shorter Beige Book: "The Federal Reserve said economic activity increased "at a slower pace” in late November and...
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Well, as forecast, the retailers had an awful holiday season. From the Census Bureau: "Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food...
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Forget New Hampshire Pollsters — if you want to see some poor professional work, have a look at those who cover retail sales for a...
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With Macworld set to rile up the faithful tomorrow, you may be interested in how Apple’s (AAPL) stock has done this week. Is it...
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This week, the Federal Reserve reported that revolving consumer credit had risen 7.4% from the same period last year. Outstanding...
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The answer to that question depends upon who you ask. Speak to ShopperTrak, they will tell you that even though traffic was off, sales...
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FeeDisclosure.com: FeeDisclosure has developed a (patent pending) online portal to breakdown complicated real estate vendor fees. The...
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Durable Goods data was just released, and it warn’t none too purty: +0.1%. That’s far below the expected 2% consensus. The...
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Hey, not everything I say is negative. Here’s some upbeat comments about Europeans going shopping here in NYC I made to the NY...
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