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https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2021/03/big-weather-related-declines-in.html The Bonddad Blog: Big (weather related) declines in February production and sales - by New Deal democrat This morning we got the most important single metrics for both the consumer and producer side of the economy for ... the bonddad blogweather related https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/10/bonddad-linkfest_13.html The Bonddad Blog: Bonddad Linkfest Slovakia set to approve EFSF fund Turkey revised growth forecast German inflation at three year high (2.6%) French prices slip China's ... the bonddad bloglinkfest https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/03/industrial-metals-charts.html The Bonddad Blog: Industrial Metals Charts On the yearly chart in weekly bars, notice that prices broke the almost year-long uptrend on extremely havey volume at point A. Also note t... the bonddad blogindustrial metalscharts https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/06/rail-traffic-moving-lower-with-no-end.html The Bonddad Blog: Rail Traffic: "Moving lower, with no End in Sight"? A few months ago, I noticed something that seemed strangely discordant about our "Great Depression 2": consumers were refusing to stay dea... the bonddad blograil traffic https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2021/09/coronavirus-dashboard-for-september-13.html The Bonddad Blog: Coronavirus dashboard for September 13: on the downside of the Delta wave,... - by New Deal democrat With each passing day, it becomes increasingly likely that the peak of the Delta wave was just before Labor Day. ... the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016/12/my-columns-are-up-at-xecom.html The Bonddad Blog: My Columns Are Up At XE.com International Economic Week in Review Bond Market Week in Review Equity Week in Review the bonddad blogmy columnsxe https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/09/bonddad-linkfest.html The Bonddad Blog: Bonddad Linkfest Republicans striking a new tone? Eight takeaways from the Republican debate OECD lowers global growth forecasts Economic plans will pro... the bonddad bloglinkfest https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/01/pay-cuts-and-freezes-increasing.html The Bonddad Blog: Pay Cuts and Freezes Increasing From the WSJ: In addition to layoffs, companies are increasingly trimming wages, a tactic economic historians said hasn't been wielded broad... the bonddad blogpay cutsfreezesincreasing https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/09/thoughts-on-employment-situation-part-i.html The Bonddad Blog: Thoughts on the Employment Situation, Part I After last week's dismal employment report, I though a macro level view of the employment situation would be in order. So, let's see what... the bonddad blogemployment situationthoughtspart 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... the bonddad blogdoing business inproblemindia https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/01/first-five-days-early-warning-system.html The Bonddad Blog: The "First Five Days" Early Warning System Gives a Warning According to the Trader's Almanac, "The last 36 up first five dates were followed by full-year gains 31 times, for an 86.1% accuracy ratio."... the bonddad blogfirst five daysearly warning system https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2013/04/eu-uk-and-us-inflation-is-under-control.html The Bonddad Blog: EU, UK and US Inflation Is Under Control. One of the most frequent counter-arguments offered to the various easing programs going on around the world is that they will lead to inflat... the bonddad blogus inflationeuuk https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/10/weekly-indicators-columbus-sailed-ocean.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators: Columbus sailed the ocean blue Edition - by New Deal democrat Monthly statistics this week showed some inflation at the producer level at 0.4%, but virtually none at the consumer ... the bonddad blogweekly indicatorsocean bluecolumbussailed https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016/10/september-jobs-report-mixed-news.html The Bonddad Blog: September jobs report: mixed news showing further deceleration approaching a peak - by New Deal democrat HEADLINES : +156,000 jobs added U3 unemployment rate rose +0.1% from 4.9% to 5.0% U6 underemployment rate unc... the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2013/07/five-measures-of-median-wage-stagnation.html The Bonddad Blog: Five measures of median wage stagnation - by New Deal democrat Have real wages been stagnating or actually declined? I've been following up with research as to that issue fo... the bonddad blogmedian wagefivemeasuresstagnation https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016/04/bonddad-wednesday-linkfest.html The Bonddad Blog: Bonddad Wednesday Linkfest We'll be doing our regular Monthly economic review on Thursday, April 28th at 3PM CST. You can sign up at this link. ISM service index... the bonddad blogwednesdaylinkfest https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2021/10/weekly-indicators-for-september-27.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators for September 27 - October 1 at Seeking Alpha - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators post is up at Seeking Alpha. Commodity prices and transportation cost continue to soar, and ... the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/01/treasury-tuesdays_20.html The Bonddad Blog: Treasury Tuesdays Click for a larger image On the year long chart notice we're still in bubble territory; investors are still looking for safety and are findi... the bonddad blogtreasurytuesdays https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 11/1/09 - 11/8/09 Still nerdy after all these years the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/11/large-vs-small-business-decoupling.html The Bonddad Blog: Large vs. Small Business Decoupling Story Gaining Traction? As Bonddad readers surely know, I've recently become fascinated by the hypothesis that small businesses are being left behind by whatever re... the bonddad blogsmall businesslargevs https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/07/prof-geoffrey-moore-on-leading.html The Bonddad Blog: Prof. Geoffrey Moore on Leading Indicators from 1854-1938 - by New Deal democrat Both academic economists like Prof. Brad DeLong, and lay observers have voiced skepticism, even "alarm," that econo... the bonddad bloggeoffrey moore https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-economy-shambles-along-is.html The Bonddad Blog: The economy shambles along: is refinancing staving off recession? - by New Deal democrat Perhaps the best single article I've ever read about business cycles was the presentation by Professor Edward Le... the bonddad blogeconomyshambles https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/10/morning-market_06.html The Bonddad Blog: Morning Market The 5-minute chart shows the strength of the latest sell-off -- one which lasted for 6 days. That's one heck of a drop. Prices have sin... the bonddad blogmorningmarket 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... the bonddad blogunemployment claimsmake newcontinuing https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-bond-market-is-gdp-bearish.html The Bonddad Blog: The Bond Market Is GDP Bearish In today's linkfest, I linked to a post from the Capital Spectator that argues (I believe convincingly) the treasury market is predicting a... the bonddad blogmarketgdpbearish https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/12/commodities-related-job-market-dropping.html The Bonddad Blog: Commodities Related Job Market Dropping From the Street.com: Rio Tinto (RTP Quote - Cramer on RTP - Stock Picks), one of the world's biggest mining companies, plans to cut 14,000 j... the bonddad blogjob marketcommoditiesrelateddropping https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/01/bernankes-speech-or-translating-fed.html The Bonddad Blog: Bernanke's Speech; or Translating Fed Speak Ben is talking today. Before you read further, please remember this. Before the last Fed meeting there were three very dovish Fed speeches... the bonddad blogbernankespeechtranslatingfed https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-dashboard-for-april-20-few.html The Bonddad Blog: Coronavirus dashboard for April 20: a few positive developments - by New Deal democrat Here is the update through yesterday (April 19) As usual, significant developments are in italics. Yesterd... the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2016_03_13_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 3/13/16 - 3/20/16 Still nerdy after all these years the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2013/05/weekly-indicators-more-of-month-of-meh.html The Bonddad Blog: Weekly Indicators: more of the month of 'meh' edition - by New Deal democrat April monthly data reported this past week included significant declines in industrial production and capacity ... the bonddad blogweekly indicatorsmonthmehedition https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2015_11_15_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 11/15/15 - 11/22/15 Still nerdy after all these years the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/06/treasury-tuesdays_17.html The Bonddad Blog: Treasury Tuesdays Let's look at the Treasury market charts to see what they're telling us. The TLTs consolidated in a rectangular pattern from the beginning o... the bonddad blogtreasurytuesdays https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014_06_08_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 6/8/14 - 6/15/14 Still nerdy after all these years the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2010/11/will-this-be-better-holiday-season.html The Bonddad Blog: Will This Be A Better Holiday Season? From Bloomberg: The average shopper in the U.S. spent 6.4 percent more over Thanksgiving weekend than last year as more people picked up jew... the bonddad blogbetterholidayseason https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2009/04/3m-cutting-workforce.html The Bonddad Blog: 3M Cutting Workforce From Bloomberg: 3M Co. said it will offer 3,600 employees early retirement. 3M spokeswoman Jacqueline Berry spoke today in a telephone inter... the bonddad blogcuttingworkforce 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 ... the bonddad blogcorporate profitsincrease https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2007/04/beige-book.html The Bonddad Blog: The Beige Book The Fed released the Beige Book today. Most parts of the country logged moderate economic growth in the early spring, despite sluggish manuf... the bonddad blogbeigebook https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2011/04/yesterdays-market.html The Bonddad Blog: Yesterday's Market Still nerdy after all these years the bonddad blogyesterdaymarket 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... the bonddad blogend ofoctobercpideflationary https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-note-on-producer-prices-and-possibly.html The Bonddad Blog: A note on producer prices and (possibly) cooling inflation - by New Deal democrat [Programming note: I will hopefully have an updated Coronavirus dashboard up later today.] One point I make from t... the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-concerned-should-we-be-about-recent.html The Bonddad Blog: How concerned should we be about the recent downturn in sales? - by New Deal democrat I have the answer up at XE.com . the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2022/05/initial-and-continuing-jobless-claims.html The Bonddad Blog: Initial and continuing jobless claims continue moderating trend - by New Deal democrat Initial jobless claims declined 8,000 to 210,000 last week, continuing above the recent 50+ year low of 166,000 s... the bonddad blogcontinuing jobless claimsinitial 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 ... the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2022_02_13_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 2/13/22 - 2/20/22 Still nerdy after all these years the bonddad blog 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... the bonddad blogcondolencesbooman https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2008/05/todays-markets_22.html The Bonddad Blog: Today's Markets Today's markets will be posted tomorrow morning. Bonddad and Mr$. Bonddad are signing many papers as they purchase a house. the bonddad blogtodaymarkets https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2024_12_15_archive.html The Bonddad Blog: 12/15/24 - 12/22/24 Still nerdy after all these years the bonddad blog https://bonddad.blogspot.com/2021/03/big-weather-related-declines-in.html The Bonddad Blog: Big (weather related) declines in February production and sales - by New Deal democrat This morning we got the most important single metrics for both the consumer and producer side of the economy for ... the bonddad blogweather related