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https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/10/surging-vs-contracting-rail-traffic-its.html The Bonddad Blog: Surging vs. contracting Rail traffic: it's all about coal - by New Deal democrat About 1/3 of all goods and materials in the US move by rail. As such, rail traffic is an excellent economic indi... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2017/04/hot-air-econ-bloggers-still-dumber-than.html The Bonddad Blog: Hot Air "Econ" Bloggers: Still Dumber Than a Box of Rocks Thanks to a very busy work schedule, I've had less time to monitor and write about the "analysts" at Hot Air. But, now that I've got ... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016/04/wednesday-bonddad-linkfest.html The Bonddad Blog: Wednesday Bonddad Linkfest We'll be doing our regular monthly economic review on Thursday, April 28th at 3PM CST. You can sign up at this link. Are Bond Yields... bonddad blog wednesday linkfest https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2023/07/weekly-indicators-for-july-10-14-at.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators for July 10 - 14 at Seeking Alpha - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha . Several indicators that had been stubbornly positive throughou... bonddad blog for july https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/11/look-ahead-at-payrolls.html The Bonddad Blog: A look ahead at Payrolls - by New Deal democrat While the election results from tomorrow will wind up having a great impact on the economy in the next two years (s... a look ahead bonddad blog payrolls https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/08/bonddad-linkfest_21.html The Bonddad Blog: Bonddad Linkfest Manufacturing is looking weak (Marketwatch) Minutes of August 7 meeting (RBA) Australian growth in good shape (BB) Minutes of August 1-... bonddad blog linkfest https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/05/construction-spending-increases.html The Bonddad Blog: Construction Spending Increases From Bloomberg: Spending on U.S. construction projects unexpectedly rose in March for the first time in six months as increases in commercia... bonddad blog construction spending increases https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/04/great-rebalancing.html The Bonddad Blog: The "Great Rebalancing" From Fed President Lockhart: First, the deleveraging of the household sector is rather well advanced and continuing. Households are repairi... bonddad blog great rebalancing https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/07/consumer-sentiment-drops.html The Bonddad Blog: Consumer Sentiment Drops Consumer sentiment dropped last month. Looking at the chart we see two patterns. 1.) There were four months of increases before the drop, i... bonddad blog consumer sentiment drops https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/07/regarding-this-double-dip-talk.html The Bonddad Blog: Regarding This Double Dip Talk ..... There has been a tremendous amount of talk lately about a double dip recession. According to some, it is just a matter of time. The idea ... bonddad blog double dip regarding talk https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2007/11/week-ahead.html The Bonddad Blog: The Week Ahead Welcome back from a long weekend. I trust everyone had a good Thanksgiving and is now sick of turkey. Over the weekend I wrote two long pos... bonddad blog week ahead https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2021/08/initial-jobless-claims-continue-in.html The Bonddad Blog: Initial jobless claims continue in range, while continuing claims sharply decline - by New Deal democrat Initial jobless claims declined another 14,000 this week to 385,000, still 17,000 above their best pandemic levels... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2018/10/is-taboo-against-raising-wages.html The Bonddad Blog: Is the taboo against raising wages beginning to break? - by New Deal democrat It's a *really* slow news week for economic data -- just producer and consumer prices tomorrow and Thursday. Eve... bonddad blog raising wages taboo https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014/02/pound-rallies-versus-dollar-but-beware.html The Bonddad Blog: Pound Rallies Versus Dollar; But Beware US Weather Influences This is up over at XE.com bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/01/were-nowhere-near-bottom-in-housing_28.html The Bonddad Blog: We're Nowhere Near A Bottom In Housing Click for a larger image Consider the following chart from the latest CBO Congressional testimony : bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-positive-noisy-monthly-march-new.html The Bonddad Blog: The positive, noisy monthly March new home sales report masks underlying trend... - by New Deal democrat New home sales, which were finally updated yesterday for March (and so still are about three weeks behind their re... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2013_11_03_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 11/3/13 - 11/10/13 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/01/alan-for-love-of-god-please-please-shut.html The Bonddad Blog: Alan, For the Love of God, Please, Please Shut Up From the WSJ: The U.S. is probably in or about to enter a recession, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. The odds are "not ... love of god bonddad blog alan https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/11/copper-takes-hit.html The Bonddad Blog: Copper Takes a Hit Copper is a very important industrial metal, used in practically everything. As such, it's price direction is very important. Here is a da... bonddad blog copper takes hit https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/09/were-nowhere-near-bottom-in-housing.html The Bonddad Blog: We're Nowhere Near A Bottom In Housing From Reuters: Prices of U.S. existing homes suffered a record drop in August and the rate of sales tumbled, offering little sign of improvem... bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/02/todays-market_09.html The Bonddad Blog: Today's Market Despite today's rally, the markets are still hanging on my a technical thread. Note where the prices are for the three main markets. Click... bonddad blog today market https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-problem-of-doing-business-in-india.html The Bonddad Blog: The Problem Of Doing Business In India This story from the Washington Post is over a year and a half old , but it highlights one of the biggest problems with doing business in Ind... doing business in bonddad blog problem india https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/07/yesterdays-market_13.html The Bonddad Blog: Yesterday's Market Let's start with a look at the SPYs EMAs. First, the 10 and the 2 0 are rising, indicating the short-term trend is positive. The 50 (along... bonddad blog yesterday market https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/12/holiday-sales-are-strongest-in-years.html The Bonddad Blog: Holiday Sales Are Strongest in Years From the NY Times: Shoppers spent more money this holiday season than even before the recession , according to preliminary retail data relea... bonddad blog holiday sales strongest years https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/12/cbos-fiscal-cliff-analysis.html The Bonddad Blog: CBOs Fiscal Cliff Analysis From the CBO: Substantial changes to tax and spending policies are scheduled to take effect in January 2013, significantly reducing the f... bonddad blog fiscal cliff cbos analysis https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/03/1955-gdp-overview.html The Bonddad Blog: 1955: GDP Overview This post is part of the Bonddad Economic History Project. The purpose of this is to go back through the US' economic history and see what ... bonddad blog gdp overview https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/05/bank-loans-finally-make-bottom.html The Bonddad Blog: Bank loans finally make a bottom - by New Deal democrat One of the refrains from the last few years has been that "Banks need to write off hundreds of billions of dollars of... bonddad blog bank loans finally make bottom https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/11/todays-market_30.html The Bonddad Blog: Today's Market Click for a larger image A.) Notice the incredible range that trading took today. Prices touched all the major EMAs. Going down to the 50 ... bonddad blog today market https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/02/bens-testimony.html The Bonddad Blog: Ben's Testimony Last week, Bernanke gave a general overview of the current US economic situation. These are great "you are here" moments, as they usually p... bonddad blog ben s testimony https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014_07_13_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 7/13/14 - 7/20/14 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/11/october-leading-indicators.html The Bonddad Blog: October Leading Indicators As I predicted a couple of weeks ago, October Leading Economic Indicators (and revisions to September) came in at +0.3, the seventh positive... bonddad blog october leading indicators https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/04/crossing-rubicon-obama-vs-reagan.html The Bonddad Blog: Crossing the Rubicon: Obama vs. Reagan - by New Deal democrat At the end of 2007, I had an argument with democratic activist Dana Houle (a/k/a DHinMI), who argued that 2008 woul... bonddad blog crossing rubicon obama vs reagan https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/05/contra-oil-shock-recession.html The Bonddad Blog: Contra an Oil shock recession - by New Deal democrat A couple of weeks ago, I made the case that the Oil shock of 2011 had begun . Consumer confidence, on cue, had sud... bonddad blog oil shock contra recession https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/05/housing-prices-rebuttal-to-barry_02.html The Bonddad Blog: Housing prices: a rebuttal to Barry Ritholtz, part 2 - by New Deal democrat As I said yesterday, Barry Ritholtz's argument that house prices will decline further rests generally on three a... bonddad blog housing prices https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/10/weekly-indicators-negatives-recede.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators: negatives recede, positives remain edition - by New Deal democrat There were quite a few monthly reports of note released this past week. Fueled by gas prices, September price... bonddad blog weekly indicators negatives positives https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2013/02/morning-market-analysis_13.html The Bonddad Blog: Morning Market Analysis Japan consolidated from the beginning of the year to early February. Since then, prices have moved a bit higher, which has pulled th... bonddad blog morning market analysis https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-international-sell-off-in.html The Bonddad Blog: The International Sell-Off In Perspective As we start this week, we should look at the price action from the end of last week, as this will have a strong impact for the next few trad... bonddad blog sell off international perspective https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/05/gas-prics-make-another-weekly-record.html The Bonddad Blog: Retail Gas Prices Make Another Weekly Record The following are in no particular order of importance: From "This Week in Petroleum": The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline cl... bonddad blog gas prices retail make another https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/04/gdp-down-61.html The Bonddad Blog: GDP Down 6.1% From the BEA: Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and propertylocated in the United States -- ... bonddad blog gdp https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2018/11/q3-corporate-profits-increase.html The Bonddad Blog: Q3 corporate profits increase - by New Deal democrat Third quarter corporate profits were released as part of the first revision of GDP this morning. Since corporate ... bonddad blog corporate profits increase https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/06/bernake-on-economy.html The Bonddad Blog: Bernake on the Economy From his speech last night Before turning to those issues, however, I would like to provide a brief update on the outlook for the economy an... bonddad blog economy https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016/04/wholesale-inventories-and-sales-bad.html The Bonddad Blog: Wholesale inventories and sales: bad news for Q1, good news for the year - by New Deal democrat While this morning's report on wholesale sales and inventories for February isn't good news for Q1 GDP, in th... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/12/wednesday-commodity-round-up_31.html The Bonddad Blog: Wednesday Commodity Round-Up Click for a larger image Notice the following on the weekly chart: -- All the SMAs are moving lower -- The shorter SMAs are below the longer... bonddad blog wednesday commodity round https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/11/yesterdays-markets.html The Bonddad Blog: Yesterday's Markets The Treasury market opened higher on Thursday (a), consolidated in a triangle pattern (b) and the sold off to the 50 minute EMA (c) before r... bonddad blog yesterday markets https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2007/02/fed-president-yellen-warns-on-inflation.html The Bonddad Blog: Fed President Yellen Warns On Inflation From Reuters: Fed speakers were out in force for the first time since voting on Jan. 31 to leave benchmark U.S. interest rates unchanged at ... bonddad blog fed president yellen warns https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/12/regarding-markets-and-moving-averages.html The Bonddad Blog: Regarding the Markets and Moving Averages In last night's market wrap, I noted the markets weren't that attractive from a trading standpoint. Let me illustrate that prospect with th... bonddad blog regarding markets moving averages https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012_06_03_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 6/3/12 - 6/10/12 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2017/07/trump-endgame.html The Bonddad Blog: Trump: the endgame - by New Deal democrat There was some economic news last week which is important for the long term, and I'll try to post about it later... bonddad blog trump endgame https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2017_08_13_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 8/13/17 - 8/20/17 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2015_11_15_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 11/15/15 - 11/22/15 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/03/biege-book-consumer.html The Bonddad Blog: The Biege Book: The Consumer From the latest Beige Book: Retail sales in the Philadelphia, Atlanta, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Kansas City Districts were higher than... bonddad blog biege book consumer https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016/09/new-home-sales-continue-uptrend-as.html The Bonddad Blog: New home sales continue uptrend as expected from lower mortgage rates - by New Deal democrat All things being equal, lower mortgage rates typically translate into increase new home sales -- and even though... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-note-of-thanks-to-our-readers.html The Bonddad Blog: A note of thanks to our readers - by New Deal democrat Over on the right hand column, you may have noticed a new box identifying this blog as a "Top Economics Site." ... a note of thanks bonddad blog readers https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2007/08/dollar-drops-on-rate-cut.html The Bonddad Blog: Dollar Drops on Rate Cut From Bloomberg: he dollar fell versus the euro and pound after the Federal Reserve reduced its discount lending rate to prevent credit marke... bonddad blog dollar drops rate cut https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/07/2qgdp-personal-consumption-expenditures.html The Bonddad Blog: 2QGDP Personal Consumption Expenditures Let's take a close look at the PCE component of the GDP report. Total PCEs are increasing at a moderate pace. While they are not setting re... bonddad blog personal consumption expenditures https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/12/bonddad-signing-off-until-next-week.html The Bonddad Blog: Bonddad Signing Off Until Next Week My father gets in town later today, so the family festivities will be cranking up. I'll be back on Monday. To all the readers of this blog,... bonddad blog signing off next week https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2007/10/factory-orders-drop.html The Bonddad Blog: Factory Orders Drop From Bloomberg: Orders placed with U.S. factories fell in August by the most in seven months, raising concern the turmoil in credit markets ... bonddad blog factory orders drop https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2015/10/condolences-to-booman.html The Bonddad Blog: Condolences to BooMan - by New Deal democrat One of the places I always stop by for political analysis is the BooMan Tribune. Yesterday Booman's brother sud... bonddad blog condolences booman https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/09/thoughts-on-beige-book.html The Bonddad Blog: Thoughts on the Beige Book The Federal Reserve issued the Beige Book this week. It confirms a continued slowdown in the economy. Consider the opening paragraph: ... bonddad blog thoughts beige book https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2019/06/weekly-indicators-for-june-10-14-at.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators for June 10 - 14 at Seeking Alpha - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha . The divergence between the near term vs. longer term forec... bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2022_10_30_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 10/30/22 - 11/6/22 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-real-real-unemployment-rate-for.html The Bonddad Blog: The REAL "real unemployment rate" for June 2014: 9.6% - by New Deal democrat Before we leave today's employment report, here is one more item of interest, which I overlooked this morning. ... bonddad blog unemployment rate real https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2013/10/market-analysis-us.html The Bonddad Blog: Market Analysis: US The analysis of last week's US economic events will be available at XE.com later today. Let's place the SPYs overall actions into a lar... bonddad blog market analysis us https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2017/08/housing-is-still-going-sideways.html The Bonddad Blog: Housing is still going sideways - by New Deal democrat . Although June got revised higher, July housing permits and starts continue to fail to impress This post is ... bonddad blog still going housing sideways https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-year-in-review-recovery-has.html The Bonddad Blog: 2009 Year in Review: The Recovery Has Started In the first post in this series, I looked at how we got here. As a quick recap, at the end of 2008 the economy was facing a deflationary t... year in review bonddad blog recovery started https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016/10/bonddads-monday-linkfest.html The Bonddad Blog: Bonddad's Monday Linkfest I'm a financial adviser with Thompson Creek Wealth as well as a tax and business attorney with The Law Office of Hale Stewart. A Clo... bonddad blog monday linkfest https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-fishers-dissent-or-why-regulation-is.html The Bonddad Blog: On Fisher's Dissent, or, Why the "Regulation is Killing Business" Argument is... Once again, Fred president Fisher dissented from the Fed's decision. Here is his logic: I have posited both within the FOMC and publicl... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014/01/australian-etf-breaks-support-on-weekly.html The Bonddad Blog: Australian ETF Breaks Support on Weekly Chart Above is a weekly chart for the Australian ETF. It had been consolidating in a triangle formation which lasted about 9 months. But pric... bonddad blog australian etf breaks support https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014/12/november-jobs-report_5.html The Bonddad Blog: November Jobs Report: Blowout on jobs, slight help on wages, participation still... - by New Deal democrat HEADLINES : 321,000 jobs added to the economy U3 unemployment rate unchanged at 5.8% Wages and participation ... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-indicators-those-who-cannot-see.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators: "Those who cannot see must feel" Edition - by New Deal democrat Without doubt, the rear view mirror news of a steep reduction in first Quarter GDP to a puny +0.4%, and the below e... bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2007_08_05_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 8/5/07 - 8/12/07 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2020/06/weekly-indicators-for-june-15-19-at.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators for June 15 - 19 at Seeking Alpha - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha . Almost all of the metrics have improved off of their worst ... bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2024/05/march-jolts-report-declines-in.html The Bonddad Blog: March JOLTS report: declines in everything, fortunately including layoffs - by New Deal democrat After almost half a year of general stabilization, or very slow deceleration, the JOLTS report for March featured ... bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/06/yesterdays-markets_03.html The Bonddad Blog: Yesterday's Markets Let's start with a look at the euro and the dollar, because it is the inverse relationship between the two that is at the heart of current m... bonddad blog yesterday markets https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2021/12/november-jobs-report-only-thing-keeping.html The Bonddad Blog: November jobs report: the only thing keeping the jobs market completely... - by New Deal democrat One month ago, we got very large upward revisions to previous data. This month the big questions I had were wheth... bonddad blog jobs report november https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2021/ The Bonddad Blog: 2021 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-social-security-trust-fund-surplus.html The Bonddad Blog: The Social Security Trust Fund surplus was never going to be locked untouched in... - by New Deal democrat [Note: I think Bonddad is overwhelmed with work this week. I should have a nerdy post up at XE later today or... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-long-will-recession-last.html The Bonddad Blog: How Long Will the Recession Last? My own view is the recession started in the first quarter of this year. While the economy was growing at a .9% annual clip at that time, th... bonddad blog how long recession last https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2015/11/week-in-review-international-us-bond.html The Bonddad Blog: Week in Review: International, US Bond Market and US Equity Market International Week in Review US Bond Market Week in Review US Equity Market Week in Review week in review bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016_12_25_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 12/25/16 - 1/1/17 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-economic-concerns.html The Bonddad Blog: My Economic Concerns There are three areas of the economy that are causing me concern. Consider the following charts of the 4-week moving average of initial unem... bonddad blog economic concerns https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2023/08/fed-rate-hikes-in-face-of-declining.html The Bonddad Blog: Fed rate hikes in the face of declining commodity prices: an analysis of 4... - by New Deal democrat We live in interest-ing commodity times. Over the weekend, my latest piece at Seeking Alpha highlighted the stron... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2007/11/housing-is-nowhere-near-bottom.html The Bonddad Blog: Housing Is Nowhere Near the Bottom From the WSJ: The property value of U.S. homes will fall by $1.2 trillion, and "at least" 1.4 million homeowners will lose their properties ... bonddad blog housing nowhere near bottom https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2023_07_09_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 7/9/23 - 7/16/23 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/07/were-nowhere-near-bottom-in-housing.html The Bonddad Blog: We're Nowhere Near A Bottom in Housing From CNN: Sales of existing homes in June slowed more than expected and hit their lowest level in 10 years, according to an industry trade g... bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/11/october-cpi-end-of-deflationary-bust.html The Bonddad Blog: October CPI: the end of the Deflationary Bust - by New Deal democrat This morning's CPI came it at +0.3%, slightly higher than estimates. YoY CPI is -0.2%. This is undoubtedly the swan s... bonddad blog end of october cpi bust https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014/12/5-graphs-for-2015-3-part-time-workers.html The Bonddad Blog: 5 graphs for 2015: #3, part time workers for economic reasons This is a continuation of my series describing 5 economic relationships I'll be paying particular attention to in 2015. Here are the previo... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2019/01/real-hourly-and-aggregate-wage-growth.html The Bonddad Blog: Real hourly and aggregate wage growth in 2018: very good, thanks to declining gas... - by New Deal democrat Now that December inflation has been reported as down -0.1%, with YoY consumer inflation a paltry +1.9%, let's u... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/06/todays-economic-news-stinks.html The Bonddad Blog: Today's Economic News ..... Stinks First, home prices are still dropping: Home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell in April by the most on record, signaling the housing ... bonddad blog economic news today stinks https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2022_12_25_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 12/25/22 - 1/1/23 Still nerdy after all these years bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/12/1950-employment-and-income.html The Bonddad Blog: 1950: Employment and Income 1950 was a very good year for employment. Consider the following charts: The unemployment rate dropped over 2% - moving from 6.5% to a... bonddad blog employment income https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2021/08/july-personal-income-and-spending.html The Bonddad Blog: July personal income and spending: return to normalcy, and normalcy is good - by New Deal democrat How well personal income and spending held up throughout the pandemic is one of the best things about the governme... https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/07/todays-markets_10.html The Bonddad Blog: Today's Markets Today was a great example of why it's important to be aware of the technical and fundamental environment. While the technical indicators sa... bonddad blog today markets https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2022/01/continuing-unemployment-claims-make-new.html The Bonddad Blog: Continuing unemployment claims make new 45+ year low - by New Deal democrat New claims increased 23,000 last week to 230,000. The 4 week average of new claims increased 6,250 to 210,750: The... bonddad blog unemployment claims continuing https://bonddad.blogspot.com/ The Bonddad Blog Still nerdy after all these years blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2020/02/weekly-indicators-for-january-27-31-at.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators for January 27 - 31 at Seeking Alpha - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator post is up at Seeking Alpha . Due to panic (warranted or not) about a coronavirus, the yi... bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/04/treasury-tuesdays_18.html The Bonddad Blog: Treasury Tuesdays Before moving into this week's Treasury market analysis, I wanted to make a note of long-term levels on the IEFs and TLTs. The general feel... bonddad blog treasury tuesdays https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014/08/weekly-indicators-for-august-4-8-at.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators for August 4 - 8 at XE.com - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator column for this week is up at XE.com . Here we are in the dog days of summer, and the numb... bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2013/04/weekly-indicators-significant.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators: significant deterioration to negativity edition - by New Deal democrat Monthly March data released in the past week was dominated by the jobs report, showing only 88,000 jobs had bee... bonddad blog weekly indicators significant deterioration https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/12/wherein-i-pay-up-on-bet.html The Bonddad Blog: Wherein I Pay Up On A Bet I am a total economics geek. I make bets on what the inflation rate will be at year end. I bet New Deal Democrat over at the Economic Popul... bonddad blog pay up bet