by confoundedinterest17 The US housing market is experiencing a slowdown as The Fed withdraws it outragous monetary stimlus. The Case-Shiller 20 metro house price index grew at a rate of 036% year-over-year (YoY) in February. Drifting into darkness, we have the West …
by: Arsenio Toledo (Natural News) Investors are once again concerned that the economy of the United States could dip far enough into a recession as recent jobs data shows a slowdown in new job creation and an increase in jobless claims. According …
by confoundedinterest17 Inflation is slowing just a little. But my feeling about The Fed (that partly caused the problem in the first place by keeping rates too low for too long (TLTL) under Yellen is all I can do is laugh. The US Core …
This isn't a good sign. Cost of living continues to rise for many Americans. – 66% of consumers live paycheck-to-paycheck – 40% are behind on bills – Near $1T record-levels credit card debt What happens if the economy materially slows …
Where will this lead to next? Slow down your internet if energy is not clean? Slow down your car? Your factory? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11804623/Apple-goes-woke-new-feature-slows-charging-clean-energy-isnt-used.html h/t stanleyThe
Users on social media appeared bothered by a recently implemented and little-noticed feature that slows down iPhone charging times in an effort to reduce carbon emissions I’m glad Apple is working on dynamic charging to shift to low carbon hours…BUT …
by confoundedinterest17 The US economy is slowing down. In fact, ADP jobs added just printed at 106k in January, the lowest reading since August 2021. ADP jobs added follows the slow down of M2 Money growth YoY as The Fed …
by confoundedinterest17 The Case-Shiller index is out for November 2022. Too bad it is January 31, 2023. Call it “Happenings 2 Months Time Ago.” On a year-over-year (YoY) basis, the Case-Shiller National home price index slowed to 6.77%. On a month-over-month (MoM) …
by confoundedinterest17 December’s ADP jobs report is out and it is a good news. bad news type of report. First, the good news. 235k jobs were added in December. Now for the bad news, job stayers saw their annual salary growth …
by confoundedinterest17 The US housing market continued to sag in October as the impact of higher mortgage rates and concerns over the economy rattled buyers and sellers. Prices fell 0.5% from September, the fourth consecutive monthly decline for a seasonally adjusted …
by confoundedinterest17 Is inflation “gone in November”? Nope. Slowing, yes, but at 7.1% YoY and core inflation at 6.0% YoY, it is still considerably higher than The Fed’s target of 2%. And the American middle class and low wage workers are still suffering …
PPI falls for a second month Nov PPI -1.3% y/y vs -1.3% y/y in October Nov CPI +1.6% y/y vs +2.1% y/y in October BEIJING, Dec 9 (Reuters) – China’s factory-gate prices showed an annual fall for a second month …
by confoundedinterest17 Alarm! US home prices are decelerating as inflation rages and The Fed tightens. Home price growth in the US slowed the most on record as a doubling of borrowing costs (thanks to the US Federal Reserve) has sapped demand. A …
by confoundedinterest17 The US Composite PMI was released this morning and it printed at 44.6. Not surprising given that M2 Money growth has slowed as The Fed removes its monetary punch bowl. M2 stimulus is foul-tasting for the middle class and …
by confoundedinterest17 The August jobs report is out. 315k jobs were added, which was considerably higher than the ADP jobs added report of 132k. Hmm. Be that as it may, US Average Hourly Earnings YoY remained at 5.2%. That’s a …
by confoundedinterest17 Biden is the opposite of the miserly Scrooge McDuck. He gives billions to Ukraine and spends trillions on various Federal projects without batting an eye as to how and who is going to pay for all the spending. And …
by confoundedinterest17 The US economy is slowing. Sort of like Joe Biden sprinting from the Marine Helicopter to The White House. The Black Knight Home Price index is showing YoY home price growth slowing to +17.3% YoY … which is still …
by Syonoq The cocaine filled lust that the market has been market has been firing on for the last few years is going to stop. job market can’t stay hot forever. Housing market is going to feel the pain too. …
by confoundedinterest17 Its official! I submitted my resignation from George Mason University effective June 1, 2022. I will miss teaching the students, past and present. But back to the US Treasury yield curve. It remains in reversion (meaning shorter-term Treasuries …
by confoundedinterest17 As US/Russian tensions grow over Ukraine, The Federal Reserve may be forced to postpone or reduce planned rate increases and balance sheet trimming. But in addition, we see US GDP slowing to near zero (1.285%) as the US …
by confoundedinterest17 Call this a double whammy! Red-hot rents combined with a slowing economy. According to CoreLogic, single-family annual rent growth finished 2021 at a new record: 11.7% YoY for high tier rental properties and 10.4% YoY for low tier rental properties. …
by confoundedinterest17 US new home sales spiked in December by 11.9% from November, but were down 14% year-over-year. But the median price of new home sales (YoY) declined to 3.4%. The Midwest saw a surge in new home sales (+56%). …
by confoundedinterest17 Happenings two months ago. The Case-Shiller home price index is out for … November 2021. The Case-Shiller National home price index “slowed” to 18.81% YoY in November as The Fed continues its monetary stimulypto. Notice that The Fed is easing …
IMF warns of ‘multiple challenges’ to global economic recovery https://t.co/cgINC42IEJ — Financial Times (@FT) January 25, 2022 The #IMF just released the #WEO update (link).Under the label of "A disrupted Economic #Recovery," and per #FDMD @GitaGopinath, global "growth slows as …
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A daily brisk walk or bike ride may reduce an older person’s risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research. Researchers have found that physical activity dampens inflammation in the brain, protecting against mental decline. Lead author …
by confoundedinterest17 Highlights for Children has a popular segment called “What’s Wrong With This Picture?” I give you my economics version of “What’s Wrong With This Picture?” It features The Federal Reserve’s M2 Money year–over-year compared with Real Average Weekly Earnings …
Trends Research, Released on 10/28/21 Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and …
by confoundedinterest17 Feeling hot, hot, hot. Housing, that is! US existing home sales in July rose to 5.99 million SAAR, beating expectations. But the inventory of home available for sale remains low by historic standards. The median price of existing homes declined …
by confoundedinterest17 John Burns consulting has this interesting chart showing a slight slowdown in home price growth. But HPI growth is still growing strong. At 17% YoY in June. The Case-Shiller National home price index, growing at 14.6% Yo is lagged with …
by confoundedinterest17 There is a slowdown in bank lending since The Fed’s intervention in March 2020. Bank credit has slowed since March 2021 resulting in banks parking money with The Federal Reserve in the form of reverse repos. Loans and leases are experiencing …