Since 2000 Wage Growth Has Barely Grown, If You Even Got That Much
by Mike Shedlock Women are slowly catching up to men in median wages but growth has been pathetic across the board. BLS data on real wages shows women are slowly … Read more
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Economic Confidence Drops To Lowest Since Shutdown As Dems Freak Out Over Imminent Recession
Authored by Megan Brenan of Gallup 49% in U.S. think a recession is at least fairly likely in the next year Economic Confidence Index +17 in September, down from +24 in … Read more
Things are so great the NY Fed is using tools it hasn’t used since 2008 for the 4th day in a row tomorrow. Buy stocks
Things are so great the NY Fed is using tools it hasn’t used since 2008 for the 4th day in a row tomorrow. Buy stocks — Hipster (@Hipster_Trader) September 19, … Read more
Proof Trump has had the same views on politics since the 80’s.
Donald Trump, told them long time ago how to MAGA
CEO confidence plunging and completely diverging from stocks. The most since GFC! CITI: “It may be that slower growth is the best we can hope for ..”
Absurdity to a whole new level. CEO confidence plunging and completely diverging from stocks. The most since GFC! Corporate leaders rapidly losing faith in the economy;Yield curve inversions out the … Read more
Global Internet Access Since 1993
by chartr Only half of the world has access to the internet… but the good news is it’s increasing quickly in Low Income Countries. While it may not be top … Read more
Chinese office buildings now falling the most since Great Financial Crisis 2008!
Commercialized retail also plunged by 13%. Residential is likely next. As they all tend to be strongly correlated. China’s multi-trillion housing market holds the key to its failing growth model. … Read more
“Core” Inflation Rises Most Since Sep 2008, Powered by Services and Now Even the Peculiar Case of Durable Goods
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What would the Fed do if economic factors were all it looked at? Inflation as measured by the “core” Consumer Price Index, which removes the volatile … Read more
World trade now shrinking the most since this expansion began; JPMorgan says the sell-off in momentum is just beginning; Trump is freaking out about the need for emergency tax cuts
World trade now shrinking the most since this expansion began pic.twitter.com/WyNHVusFp2 — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) September 11, 2019 JPMorgan's Kolanovic says the sell-off in momentum is just beginning.t.co/xpzxZrGhzJ by … Read more
What do they know? Insiders at U.S. companies dumping shares at fastest pace since 2007 | CBC News
via CBC: Insiders at U.S. corporations are selling shares at a pace not seen since before the financial crisis a decade ago. Insiders are people who work as directors or … Read more
A-Momo-calypse: Worst Day For L/S Hedge Funds Since Feb 2018 VIXplosion
via Zerohedge: Having squeezed higher overnight and accelerated after the US open, it appears the catalyst for the sudden dump in US equity markets is the European market close… Nasdaq futures … Read more
The ONLY Buyer of Stocks Since 2009 Keeping the Stock Market From Collapse!
FACT: Companies doing stock buybacks have been the ONLY net buyer since 2009. That’s absolutely MASSIVE news. There will be 20 comments here telling me to shut up and how … Read more
Uh Oh: U.S. Layoffs Rise 38 Percent – Highest Level For August Since 2009
by Michael Snyder We continue to get more numbers that indicate that U.S. economic activity is really starting to slow down. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the number of … Read more
Global PMIs In Longest Losing Streak Since…..Forever! The Great Financial Crisis Wake-Up Call…
By David Stockman Forget The Robo-Rumors—Sell The (Bad) News! However, the “ceasefire” did not happen, and at 12:00 am on Sunday, the Trump administration slapped tariffs on $112 billion in Chinese imports. … Read more
ISM Manufacturing PMI Hits 49.1%, Officially Contracting… U.S. Consumer Sentiment Falls Most Since 2012 on Trade Fears
Link to the report: www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org/ismreport/mfgrob.cfm?SSO=1 If anyone was wondering why the market dipped again after 10AM here’s why. Trade policy concerns and supply chain impacts are being cited as some of … Read more
Sharpest decline in new work since March 2009
New orders fall at fastest pace for over ten years in August… www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/0eb246b93e744b8c9c7dd33596b6264c