The Saturday WSJ has an interesting overview of China; Data junky and chart whore that I am, it it simply too much for me to pass up,...
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I’m travelling today, so light posting. But check out this fascinating chart regarding Capacity Utiliatization Rates, via Chart of...
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Chris Anderson’s Long Tail looks at the ongoing decline — is meltdown too strong a word? (Probably not) — in the...
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A colleague asks about the "box office indicator" of economic health/weakness: "Do the current weak openings and poor...
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I don’t have an opinion (either way) on Greg Ip, the WSJ reporter who covers the Fed. But I have to call this sentence into...
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Alan Abelson’s UP AND DOWN WALL STREET column today in Barron’s identifies two economic "dots," but stops just short of...
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There’s no sunshine anywhere in Mudville, except for the handful of fans who, looking for something cheerful to say, revert to...
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Given the longevity of the streak, I once again will be taking "The Under" in the Employment Situation Survey today. However,...
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan announced in Congressional Testimony today that the "yield curve was no longer a useful...
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Yesterday, the the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee surprsied nobody with their 12th consecutive 1/4 point increase. The WSJ noted...
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