Welcome NYT readers: The What’s Online column linked to the wrong commentary — the post Dan was referencing was this...
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I almost fell off of my chair yesterday when I heard Art Laffer on Kudlow say those words: "The US is in a recession...
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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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They Dow is down ~250, Nasdaq down almost ~100 as I type this. As the excuses and mea culpas roll out over the next few weeks, pay close...
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Wow, that’s a pretty ugly chart above. Here are the details, via BLS: "The unemployment rate rose to 5.0 percent in December,...
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The Retail Sales post-mortem has begun, and it is as we expected: the weakest holiday spending season in five years. Total sales gains...
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The Rich really are different — as today’s chart porn reveals. It has to do with inflation — the High Cost of Living...
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Teresa Lo points out that a small but important factoid about what real yield: we now have Negative Interest Rates. Real...
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Its inflation Friday! I was reminded of that on my way back from lunch with Gaff — I popped into Starbucks (SBUX) for some high...
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