Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 8.9.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 9th, 2019 Positives: 1. Jobless claims fell 8k w/o/w from 217k to 209k. 2. Home mortgage...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events for 8.2.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending August 2nd, 2019 Positives: 1. FOMC cuts rate 25 basis points, spurring trader hopes of...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to 4%
@TBPInvictus here. Real GDP Percent Change from Quarter One Year Ago, Annually, End of Period Source: FRED The Bureau of...
Succinct Summation of the Week’s Events for 7.26.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 26th, 2019 Positives: 1. GDP rose 2.1% in Q2 exceeding the expected increase of 1.9%. 2....
The (Not So) New Geographic Inequality
Source: McKinsey Where is the future economic growth coming from in the United States? Just 25 urban areas have accounted...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 7.19.19
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 19th, 2019 Positives: 1. Housing market index came in at 65 for June, above the previous...
Health spending and life expectancy
Source: The Economist Here is the take from across the Atlantic: “Republican reluctance to embrace health care, despite the...
Succinct Summation of Week’s Events, July 12, 2019
Succinct Summations for the week ending July 12th, 2019 Positives: 1. Markets made new all time highs, as the Dow breaks 27,000 and the...
China vs. United States: A Tale of Two Economies
Source: Visual Capitalist While comparable in total size, the makeup of each economy is totally different. United States is...
Extreme Concentration of Global Wealth
Source: Visual Capitalist The data on wealth inequality continues to surprise: Less than 1% of the world’s adult population...