Last month, we discussed how beneath the surface, things may be actually worse than they appear. (Sometimes, There is No Pony). Not just...
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Over half of all U.S. Treasury debt is now held by overseas owners. If that makes you uncomfortable, you are not alone. For most of...
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I spend a lot of time discussing Consumer Spending; Its not because I am a shopaholic (although I do know where you can buy alot of cool...
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I already made it clear that I have strong reservations about the revised 1st Quarter GDP (as well as other data). Today, we see 2Q GDP...
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I’m agnostic/utilitarian: I’ll use whatever tool works — but still, this cracked me up: When even the comics at Yahoo!...
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Confirming similar readings as the University of Michigan survey, the Conference Board’s Consumer confidence index slid to a...
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Fascinating criticism of a recent Department of Labor’s 2004 National Compensation Survey of wages and income (by career) by 2...
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If that title has you confused, than you are probably not a fan of the CPI ex- food and energy, occasionally referred to as...
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A Chicago Tribune article on Sunday named the most useful and useless economic indicators. A panel of 15 economists/analysts (including...
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We’ve been discussing quite a few inflation related issues lately. Here’s an overview: • Inflation/Shminflation an...
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