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Euro area industrial production, China, Japan, Powell
Economic Releases
Nov 14, 2019
Below 0 is contraction: How about this????? Powell: U.S. debt is ‘on unsustainable path,’ crimping ability to respond to recession
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Bank lending, UK, China, India
Economic Releases
Nov 11, 2019
The private sector tends to be pro cyclical- tightening as the economy slows, thereby making it worse:
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Rails, Wholesale sales, Earnings
Economic Releases
Nov 09, 2019
Contraction continues, not to be reversed any time soon by any kind of ‘trade deal’ with China:
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Employment, Vehicle sales, Factory orders, Headlines, US and Japan services, US and Euro area trade, Credit standards
Economic Releases
Nov 06, 2019
Job openings now in full retreat: The contraction continues: Highlights Unit vehicle sales, at a much lower-than-expected annual rate of 16.5 million, proved very soft in October and will lower expectations for next week’s retail sales report. October’s pace is the slowest since April reflecting sharp slowing in light truck sales. Vehicle
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Factory orders, ISM NY, Euro area
Economic Releases
Nov 04, 2019
Contraction: Highlights September factory orders fell 0.6 percent with durable goods orders falling 1.2 percent (revised from an initial 1.1 percent decline in last week’s advance data) and nondurable goods (the new data in today’s report) up 0.1 percent. Total unfilled orders have been flat this year and were unchanged in September
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Employment, Construction, ISM manufacturing, Chicago Fed
Economic Releases
Nov 01, 2019
The slow motion train wreck continues unabated and when employment goes bad, it all goes bad: Highlights On the low side of expectations but not at increasing rates of contraction are the results of ISM’s manufacturing report for October. At 48.3, the index missed Econoday’s consensus by 1 point but gained a
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Employment, GDP, Personal Consumption, Chem activity, Euro area
Economic Releases
Oct 30, 2019
With today’s numbers private sector employment continues its rapid deceleration brought on by the collapse in global trade from the tariffs: GDP is also decelerating for the same reasons: Contraction: The collapse continues:
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Home prices, Oil capex, ISM and Fed surveys
Economic Releases
Oct 29, 2019
Not a good sign: Oil capex decline: Oil Rig Count Plunges To Lowest Level Since 2017 A Death Sentence For Small Oil & Gas Drillers Below 50 is contraction:
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Rails, Trade, Chicago Fed, Dallas Fed
Economic Releases
Oct 28, 2019
Deep contraction: Highlights The good news is that the trade deficit in goods narrowed sharply in September to a much lower-than-expected $70.4 billion, but the bad news is both exports and imports, in an indication of economic slowing, fell sharply. Exports dropped 1.6 percent in the month for year-on-year contraction of 3.0
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