The March FOMC Statement has been released along expected lines. The Fed has apparently tried to remove possibility of runaway speculation around its statements in small measure removing strategic Ifs and buts from the January statement specifically when confirming…
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FOMC Policy speak and Forecasts, March 19-20, 2013 (followed by Ben Bernanke Speaks)
Tagged with: Ben Bernanke, Fed, Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve System, FOMC, Gross domestic product, January, United States Treasury security
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
US Economy 2013: January all but forgotten, Industrial production still seems positive.
A late catch up with the meanderings of the US Business Economy’s recovery is due as February’s near washout was saved by early PMI reports and the continuing improvement in Service PMIs. The housing data’s big jump in January was…
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Tagged with: Balance of trade, china, February, Gross domestic product, India, January, Japan, Producer price index, United States
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
US Economy (Friday Blanks): Personal Income data worries are back, Chicago PMI
Personal income data rang a few alarms despite a positive disposition, that is spending for the year is up 4.1% with income only up 3.2% and that should worry anyone with economy;s recovery plans from Q1 still firmly building up…
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Tagged with: Ben Bernanke, Business, Chicago, Chicago PMI, Consumption (economics), Credit card, Data, Economic Growth, Economy of the United States, Employment, Gross domestic product, January, Mid West, Personal consumption expenditure, United State, United States, Wages and salaries
Posted in Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle, US
Posted in Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle, US
US Economy: Worries about the “head fake” in housing data, production declines and then Bernanke speaks..
Markets shoot up knowing well enought hat the mixed housing and manufacturing data showing wweakness in consumption and housing is really not significant and that the recocery is on. The movie Hunger Games was good too, and the time difference…
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Tagged with: Ben Bernanke, December, Federal Reserve System, January, Jobless claims, Labour economics, Mortgage loan, New Home Sales, Retail, unemployment, United States
Posted in Amitonomics, Retail Lifestyle, US
Posted in Amitonomics, Retail Lifestyle, US
US Economy: Jobless Claims back at 351k, Empire State 20.21
After the last week data was revised upwards, Jobless Claims are down 14k for the week and the moving average is up very slightly to 355.75K and thus unchanged for this week and last. Continuing claims pulled down the average…
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Tagged with: Empire State, Greenwich Mean Time, January, Jobless claims, Moving average, New Year, New York, United States
Posted in Amitonomics, US
Posted in Amitonomics, US
US Economy: FOMC, Greece, Retail Sales ex Auto hold up
Talks of the new QE have come back, with naysayers we like giving in to the Weak economy knocks played by the Housing market but a little bird inside us says it is likely to be even lower than NFL’s…
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Tagged with: European Union, February, Federal Reserve System, Greece, Gross domestic product, Italy, January, Retail
Posted in Amitonomics, Bailout Nation, Banking, European Sovereign Debt crisis, US
Posted in Amitonomics, Bailout Nation, Banking, European Sovereign Debt crisis, US
US Economy: Jobless claims start the Thursday rush order for data
The ISM Manufacturing Index of course would be key to watch esp as the GDP growth of 3% did not mean much in Q4 and strong ISM was the beginning of the flood of economic optimism built on the drop…
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US Economy: The consequences of a Romney win, Auto PMIs and all that Europe but PE pay
At some stage , all Americans will deal with the question. As of now ahead of Super Tuesday, only data for Ohio favoring Santorum and Georgia favoring Newt 2012 campaign’s available and after the win of nearly 59 delegates yesterday…
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Tagged with: Carried interest, Chicago, Chicago PMI, Economic Growth, France, GDP, Germany, Gross domestic product, January, Mid West, September, Super Tuesday, United States
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
US Economy: Really, you want data on Friday..
Dow apparently needs not wait for any data or estimates or expectations this Friday, making do with the after hours AIG pop, no tears split over the retailers who have benchmarked 2012 epectations appropriately lower at half and no extra…
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Tagged with: AIG, American International Group, Chartis, china, India, J. C. Penney, January, Kohl, South Asia, United States
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
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