Leading economic indicators have been down 8 months in a row. Yield Curve inversion steepens, now worse than it was for the Great Recession!

2) This alone is a pretty good leading indicator.https://t.co/vwQRm2ER3A — QF Research (@ResearchQf) November 18, 2022   Forbes: Yield Curve Inversion Steepens; now worse than it was for the Great Recession The yield curve is now deeply inverted. Three months …

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US Inflation Indicators Flashing Red Alarm

Inflation indicators are “flashing red alarm” according to former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who warns that the Biden administration’s economic stimulus “is providing demand well in excess over the next couple of years of any plausible estimate of the economy’s …

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Leading Indicators and Liquidity Declining, Says Variant Perception’s Tian Yang

Mar 14 – FS Insider interviews Variant Perception’s Tian Yang to get an update on their outlook for the U.S., China and elsewhere. Tian discusses the message coming from leading indicators and liquidity measures… https://static.financialsense.com/audio/2019-03/yang_clip-da02a8765cf.mp3     https://www.financialsense.com/podcast/19003/leading-indicators-and-liquidity-declining-says-variant-perceptions-tian-yang

Global growth indicators

by WARREN MOSLER Agent Orange, AKA Tariff Man, taking down the global economy: Intel Projects Slower Revenue Growth This Year (WSJ) Intel Corp. reported a 9% gain in revenue. Customers’ robust appetite for server chips boosted data-center businesses by 45% …

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Sentiment indicators, Shutdown slowdowns

by WARREN MOSLER Euro area business growth close to stalling at 5½ year low in January (Markit) Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index at 50.7 (51.1 in December). Services PMI Activity Index at 50.8 (51.2 in December). Manufacturing PMI Output …

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Economic indicators testing critical levels!

by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The above 2-pack looks at a couple of very important sectors of our economy, Home Builders and U.S. Concrete. Both have been hit very hard this year, declining large percentages. Both have been much weaker than …

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ALERT: Leading indicators breaking support

by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Over the last 30-months, Lumber and Homebuilders have been much stronger than the S&P 500. Both were upside leaders as Homebuilders gained 50% more than the S&P and Lumber doubled S&P gains since 1/1/16 Not only did they outperform …

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Four Recession Indicators Blinking Red

by Daniel Carter We are coming up on the longest economic expansion in recorded history, which means we should all be acutely aware of anything that might derail it. The permabull will tell you that economic expansions don’t die from old …

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