Thursday, March 13, 2014

Retail Sales: 3 Years of Bad Weather So Far

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The following chart shows the annual growth in retail and food services sales (excluding nonstore retail sales). It is not adjusted for popu...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Financial Zombies and Vampires Invade Finland

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March 11, 2014 Zombie Firms in Finland Suck Up State Funds as Debt Load Swells Finland’s economy has contracted for three of the past fi...
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The Growing Deposit Glut

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The following chart shows real deposits at all commercial banks per capita (January 2014 dollars). Click to enlarge. Observations: 1....
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Interest Rates Are Too High

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The chart in this post shows the quarterly average of the natural log of the 10 year treasury yield. I'm using a natural log so that con...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Merchant Wholesalers Hoarding Groceries

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Click to enlarge. The red line shows the inventory to sales ratio for merchant wholesalers' grocery and related products (January 199...
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Jolting to Prosperity Again (Musical Tribute)

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The following chart shows the 6 month moving average of nonfarm job openings minus nonfarm job quits adjusted by the population. Click to...
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Robots Targeting the Economic Lifeblood

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Expectation: BLS: Occupational Outlook Handbook: Phlebotomists Employment of phlebotomists is projected to grow 27 percent from 2012 to...
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Monday, March 10, 2014

Sliding Into Deflation

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I'm a big fan of the median consumer price index. It has just been added to the FRED database. According to research from the Clevela...
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