paid Economic Survey • 2 min read The Promised Land The permabears will have to postpone their imminent recession yet again based on today's batch of US economic…
paid Housing Market • 2 min read Rolling Expansion? What happens after a rolling recession? Perhaps a rolling expansion as the economic sectors that fell into a recession recover.…
paid Week Ahead • 2 min read The Economic Week Ahead, June 5-9 It's a very light week for economic indicators. In addition, the Federal Open Mouth Committee will be silent…
public Consumer • 2 min read Retiring Boomers Have More Time & Money to Spend on Services Since early last year, many economists have been forecasting that consumers will retrench, causing a recession. They may be missing…
paid GDP • 2 min read The Economy Is Still Gliding Along Apparently, the debt ceiling issue has been resolved over the weekend, as we expected. The stock market might rally on…
paid Washington • 2 min read Progress In Debt Ceiling Talks Lifts Stock Prices Stock prices are up this morning on news that both the Democrats and the Republicans want to get a deal…
paid Consumer • 2 min read No Hard Feelings The stock market fell today on Home Depot's disappointing guidance. Consumers fixed up their homes during the pandemic…
paid Inflation • 1 min read Consumer Staples Prices Inflating The good news is that the headline PCED inflation rate fell sharply to 4.2% y/y during March (chart)…
paid Consumer • 2 min read Stocks Buoyed By Solid Consumer Indicators The widely anticipated recession is still MIA. That's one reason why stocks have rebounded smartly since October 12,…
public GDP • 1 min read Inventories Depress GDP Economic growth wasn't as weak as suggested by real GDP which rose only 1.1% (saar) during Q1.…
paid Consumer • 2 min read Foul Moods The S&P 500 fell 1.6% today mostly because First Republic's earnings report reminded investors that…
public Economic Calendar • 1 min read The Economic Week Ahead, Feb. 27 - Mar. 3 The economic indicators this week are likely to confirm that the economy is experiencing a rolling recession. Single-family housing is…