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by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Preview Ahead of the Open US stocks index futures are trending lower this morning, following global stocks, after weak US data on Friday fueled growing concerns of a … Read more
via mhanson: Amazing Housing Data… RedFin puts out a monthly home sales report, which contains a lot of great data. The chart below shows Feb 2018 year-over-year price growth, which was … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Decelerating global trade hitting home: U.S. manufacturing sector slowing as economy loses steam (Reuters) The Fed said manufacturing production dropped 0.4 percent last month. January was revised … Read more
via visualcapitalist: Global economics is effectively a numbers game. As long as the data adds up to economic expansion on a worldwide level, it’s easy to keep the status quo rolling. … Read more
Have we seen the bottom in macro data? Global macro data may bounce in the next month, but the long term trend of low growth and disinflation prevails. … And … Read more
via brookings: DOWNLOAD Download the conference draft » ABSTRACT China’s national accounts are based on data collected by local governments. However, since local governments are rewarded for meeting growth and investment … Read more
via euronews: FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank pushed out the timing of its first post-crisis rate hike until 2020 at the earliest and offered banks new rounds of … Read more
via CNBC: China’s number two leader Li Keqiang has warned the country faces “a tough struggle,” as he laid out plans to prop up the world’s second-largest economy. Opening the … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Well done Professor Kelton! Stephanie Kelton explains Modern Monetary Theory This is particularly ridiculous: U.S. offers up to 6 million barrels of oil from emergency reserve (Reuters) … Read more
by sundance The Canadian government shocked the professional financial and economic media with their latest fourth quarter GDP release showing the economy has essentially come to a grinding halt at 0.1% growth. [Compare … Read more
*SOUTH KOREA FEB. 1-20 EXPORTS FALL 11.7% Y/Y *SOUTH KOREA FEB. FIRST 20 DAYS IMPORTS FALL 17.3 % Y/Y *SOUTH KOREA FEB. 1-20 CHIP EXPORTS DROP 27.1% Y/Y *SOUTH KOREA … Read more
We Are Close To The End Of The Tactical Rally – Credit Suisse strategists via reuters pic.twitter.com/AJ1UwZceS3 — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaOne) February 18, 2019 China’s slow down in a picture … Read more
By Nick Cunningham Oil and gas companies that have pursued production or reserve growth have underperformed companies that have instead focused on shareholder returns, even if that meant slower growth. … Read more
Global revenue growth has collapsed pic.twitter.com/7jjQvvRrZ5 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 16, 2019 On Dec 24, only 1% of stocks in the S&P 500 closed above their 50-day moving avg, one … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lyft Inc will pitch investors on its fast growth in the United States as it seeks to beat out Uber Technologies Inc to become the … Read more
via mishtalk: byMish 16 hrs–edited For the fourth time since October, the IMF revised its global growth forecast lower. The Wall Street Journal reports IMF Lowers 2019 Global Growth Forecast. The global … Read more