After last week’s inflation snafu, the WSJ makes up for it this week — and then some. Just in time for today’s 8:30 PPI...
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> Real Retail sales dropped in March, driven lower primarily by durable goods and automobiles. Nominal sales — non-inflation...
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The latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey of economists is out (in the free section of the WSJ). Some of the survey...
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The monthly retail data was released this morning — and it was none too pretty. Same-store sales dropped 0.5% for the month of...
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I’d like to point out a new feature in the usually astute WSJ: Printing erroneous information on the front page. Last month, in a...
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Fed Chair Bernanke is testifying in front of the Joint Economic Committee on The economic outlook for the US. Key takeaways:...
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When a middle of the road suburban paper like Newsday has a story like What’s putting the pinch on consumers? on the front page,...
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From our Things that make you go Hmmmm department: There is a meme going around about the death of Bear Stearns (BSC). According to some...
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Quick hits: FOMC Statementhttp://federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20080318a.htm Very different statement than previous ones;...
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Almost overlooked in yesterday’s mess was the CPI data. It was a classic: "Consumer prices were forecast to rise 0.3 percent,...
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