America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
The following chart is from the CalculatedRisk blog post of December 11, 2014 titled “Fed’s Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth ‘dipped slightly’ in Q3.” It depicts Total Household Net Worth as a Percent of GDP. The underlying data is from the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 report, “Financial Accounts of the United States“: (click on chart to enlarge image) As …
Doug Short had a notable post on December 8, 2014 titled “Light Vehicle Sales Per Capita – A Better Look at the Long-Term Trend.” Below is a chart depicting the long-term trend of light vehicle sales per capita: It is interesting to compare the chart above to that below, which is aggregate light vehicle sales …
I have written many blog posts concerning the worrisome trends in income and earnings. Doug Short, in his December 5, 2014 post titled “Real Median Household Income Declined .59% in October” produced the chart below. It is based upon data from Sentier Research, and it shows both nominal and real median household incomes since 2000, as depicted. …
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 …
On December 2, 2014 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence Index at 17-month High.” Notable excerpts include: Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index climbed to -8 in November, the highest monthly reading in nearly a year and a half. The index in November essentially matches the post-recession high of -7 in May 2013. also: …
Doug Short had a blog post of November 26, 2014 (“Michigan Consumer Sentiment for November Slightly Trims Its Strong Preliminary Reading“) 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 …
For reference purposes, below are two sets of charts depicting growth in the money supply. The first shows the MZM (Money Zero Maturity), defined in FRED as the following: M2 less small-denomination time deposits plus institutional money funds. Money Zero Maturity is calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Here is the “MZM …
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 October, updated on November 26, 2014. This value is 243, 806 ($ Millions) : (click on charts to …
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 November 20) from Doug Short’s blog post …
For references purposes, below are two charts that show the trend in interest rates for various Treasuries, including the 3-Month, 2-Year, 5-Year, 7-Year, and 10-Year. A chart showing the interest rate trends of the last 20 years: (click on chart to enlarge image)(chart courtesy of StockCharts.com; chart creation and annotation by the author) A chart …