Money Supply Charts Through February 2023

For reference purposes, below are two sets of charts depicting growth in the money supply. The first shows the M1, defined in FRED as the following: Before May 2020, M1 consists of (1) currency outside the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Banks, and the vaults of depository institutions; (2) demand deposits at commercial banks (excluding those …

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House Prices Reference Chart

As a reference for long-term house price index trends, below is a chart, updated with the most current data (through January) from the CalculatedRisk blog post of March 28, 2023 titled “Case-Shiller : National House Price Index…“: _________ I post various indicators and indices because I believe they should be carefully monitored.  However, as those …

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Durable Goods New Orders – Long-Term Charts Through February 2023

Many people place emphasis on Durable Goods New Orders as a prominent economic indicator and/or leading economic indicator. For reference, below are two charts depicting this measure. First, from the St. Louis Fed site (FRED), a chart through February 2023, updated on March 24, 2023. This value is $268,387 ($ Millions): (click on charts to …

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Jerome Powell’s March 22, 2023 Press Conference – Notable Aspects

On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell gave his scheduled March 2023 FOMC Press Conference. (link of video and related materials) Below are Jerome Powell’s comments I found most notable – although I don’t necessarily agree with them – in the order they appear in the transcript.  These comments are excerpted from the …

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Updates Of Economic Indicators March 2023

The following is an update of various indicators that are supposed to predict and/or depict economic activity. These indicators have been discussed in previous blog posts: The March 2023 Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) updated as of March 23, 2023: The CFNAI, with a current reading of -.19: source:  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago Fed National …

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The U.S. Economic Situation – March 23, 2023 Update

Perhaps the main reason that I write of our economic situation is that I continue to believe, based upon various analyses, that our economic situation is in many ways misunderstood.  While no one likes to contemplate a future rife with economic adversity, current and future economic problems must be properly recognized and rectified if high-quality, …

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Markets During Periods Of Federal Reserve Intervention – March 20, 2023

In the August 9, 2011 post (“QE3 – Various Thoughts“) I posted a chart that depicted the movements of the S&P500, 10-Year Treasury Yield and the Fed Funds rate spanning the periods of various Federal Reserve interventions since 2007. For reference purposes, here is an updated chart (through March 17, 2023) from the Advisor Perspectives’ …

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Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts

S&P500 earnings trends and estimates are a notably important topic, for a variety of reasons, at this point in time. FactSet publishes a report titled “Earnings Insight” that contains a variety of information including the trends and expectations of S&P500 earnings. For reference purposes, here are two charts as seen in the “Earnings Insight” report of March …

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S&P500 Actual EPS And Estimates For Years 2014-2024

As many are aware, Refinitiv publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My other posts concerning S&P earnings estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) The following estimates are from Exhibit 24 of the “S&P500 Earnings Scorecard” (pdf) of March 10, 2023, and represent an aggregation of individual S&P500 component “bottom up” analyst forecasts.  For reference, the …

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Standard & Poor’s S&P500 EPS Estimates 2022 – 2024 – March 9, 2023

As many are aware, Standard & Poor’s publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My posts concerning their estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) For reference purposes, the most current estimates are reflected below, and are as of March 9, 2023: Year 2022 estimates add to the following: -From a “bottom up” perspective, operating earnings of $196.10/share …

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