Graphic courtesy of NYT Interesting graphic from Floyd Norris this morning in the NYT (above) from the article The Long Life Span...
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Over the years, we have mentioned on more than one occasion the not-as-dirty-as-it-sounds measure, NILF. No, it has nothing to do with...
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As much as I typically like to discuss NFP on the first Friday of each month, I find myself unable to muster the usual blather. Not...
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A few items on the Housing front worth reviewing this morning — two data based, the other two are more of a media/anecdotal set of...
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A nice pair of charts from the St. Louis Fed explains part of our fears for a contraction in the coming quarters. Note the shaded gray...
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On Thursday, we discussed another employment measure, assembled from the quarterly census of state unemployment insurance records. This...
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As we wait for the 10:00 am Existing Home Sales Data (I will be on the beach by then) let’s have yet another look at the New...
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Commerce Department reported that April new-home sales jumped an unexpected 16.2% — the biggest monthly gain in 14 years. The year...
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We have long stated that the official BLS data was a rather artificially optimistic assessment of the actual employment picture. Our...
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Can CPI go lower, regardless of what inflation actually does? Yes, according to Barclay’s Capital Research (whic we cited earlier)....
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