Muddling through:




A setback to levels of the 1950’s when there were half as many people:



Imports up, exports down:

Employment increased more than expected last month but still looking anemic overall:


Returning to normal, good for the global economy:


Back to 2018 levels with lots lost during the dip:

Still drifting lower:

Another round of Federal checks hit last month:


The economy is generating less personal income than pre covid and fading:

Some of the increased income was saved:

Some was spent, but consumption has still not fully recovered:

Consumer borrowing to spend has shifted lower:

Settling in at perhaps somewhat higher levels:

Promising!


Not showing up here yet:

No telling what the Saudis are up to:


Alarmingly high this long after the crisis and no longer moving lower:

Seems ‘on average’ it’s hard to say much has changed:

Though this looks promising:

Tariffs and Covid related supply issues are commonplace:

Nice move up after the move down, but still looking net lower than otherwise for the last 12 months due to the crisis:

Back towards prior levels but still way down overall for the last year:

Back to where it was pre Trump:

New hires down, openings up some but that includes openings to replace higher cost workers:

Exporting our food supply (in addition to turning it into motor fuel and burning it up) so we can pay more fighting over what’s left:

Looking bad:



Looks like the long term growth of government employment was reversed by Obama, then it increased under Trump until the covid crisis:
