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Gasoline, New home sales, Personal income, Personal consumption
Economic Releases
Dec 23, 2020
still weakening: November new home sales fall more than expected, builder stocks drop Continues to fall back as benefits fade and employment remains weak: Weakening after failing to return to trend as benefits fade and employment remains weak:
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Jobless claims, housing starts, news headlines
Economic Releases
Dec 19, 2020
Stubbornly way high and rising some: Very high and coming down only as they expire: Familiar dip and partial recovery pattern:
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Retail sales, architecture billings
Economic Releases
Dec 16, 2020
The pace is sort of coming back to trend line: Familiar pattern as weakness continues:
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Consumer sentiment, Optimism, Industrial production
Economic Releases
Dec 15, 2020
Still depressed: Tariffs turned this one south before covid did its thing:
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Real estate loans, restaurants, gasoline
Economic Releases
Dec 14, 2020
Some housing indicators may be looking up but not this one: Other indicators sagging as well as the economy starts to go over the fiscal cliff as benefits expire:
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Claims, employment, commercial real estate leading index
Economic Releases
Dec 08, 2020
New claims still severely elevated:
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Jobless claims, pending home sales, durable goods orders, construction spending
Economic Releases
Dec 01, 2020
These continue at extraordinarily high levels: Still working its way lower, and never has had much of a recovery since the 2008 collapse. This chart isn’t inflation adjusted, so it’s that much worse than it looks:
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Unemployment claims, Personal income, Transfer payments, Savings, Consumption, Light vehicle sales, Consumer confidence
Economic Releases
Nov 25, 2020
Still climbing. This is not good: This is bad too: Working it’s way lower as benefits expire and employment growth sags: Savings added by fiscal adjustments are running down: The economy has generated a lot less personal income than it would have generated without the covid crisis: Same with consumption, which is
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Euro zone services, gasoline demand, restaurants, hotels
Economic Releases
Nov 23, 2020
Bad relapse after inadequate fiscal adjustments:
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Jobless claims, Existing home sales, Euro construction
Economic Releases
Nov 19, 2020
Still extremely high and now going higher: The large dip in sales was followed by a recovery, so the total sales over that time are about on track: Back into contraction:
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