America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
Many people place emphasis on Durable Goods New Orders as a prominent economic indicator and/or leading economic indicator. For reference, below are charts depicting this measure. First, from the St. Louis Fed site (FRED), a chart through July, last updated on August 26. This value is 226,620 ($ Millions) : (click on charts to enlarge …
With regard to our current economic situation, my thoughts can best be described/summarized by the posts found under the 27 “Building Financial Danger” posts. My thoughts concerning our ongoing economic situation – with future implications – can be seen on the page titled “A Special Note On Our Economic Situation,” which has been found near …
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 from Doug Short’s blog post of August 17 …
I found various notable items in Walmart’s Q2 2014 earnings call transcript (pdf) dated August 15, 2013. I view Walmart’s results and comments as particularly noteworthy given their retail prominence and focus on low prices. I have previously commented on their quarterly conference call comments; these previous posts are found under the “paycheck to paycheck” tag. Here are various excerpts …
On August 6, Gallup released the poll results titled “Americans’ Confidence in the Economy Worsens in July.” The subtitle is “Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index registers -12, down from -8 in June.” Notable excerpts include: Americans’ confidence in the economy in July was the lowest it has been in any month since April. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index slipped …
I have written many blog posts concerning the worrisome trends in income and earnings. Along these lines, one of the measures showing disconcerting trends is that of hourly earnings. While the concept of hourly earnings can be defined and measured in a variety of ways, below are a few charts that I believe broadly illustrate problematic …
Here are three charts from the St. Louis Fed depicting the velocity of money in terms of the MZM, M1 and M2 money supply measures. All charts reflect quarterly data through the second quarter of 2013, and were last updated as of July 31, 2013. As one can see, two of the three measures are at all-time …
I have written many blog posts concerning the worrisome trends in income and earnings. Doug Short, in his July 29 blog post, titled “Real Median Household Incomes: Up .7% in June But Only .1% Year-over-Year” produced the chart below. It is based upon data from Sentier Research, and it shows both nominal and real median household incomes …
Doug Short had a blog post of July 26 (“Michigan Consumer Sentiment: Highest Level in Six Years“) in which he presents the latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence and Thomson/Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index charts. They are presented below: (click on charts to enlarge images) – – There are a few aspects of the above …
Many people place emphasis on Durable Goods New Orders as a prominent economic indicator and/or leading economic indicator. For reference, below are charts depicting this measure. First, from the St. Louis Fed site (FRED), a chart through June, last updated on July 25. This value is 244,494 ($ Millions) : (click on charts to enlarge …