America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
On July 1, 2014 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence Remains Level.” The subtitle is “Index averages -15 for June, similar to scores seen throughout 2014.” Notable excerpts include: Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index remained flat in June with a monthly average of -15, after rising to -14 in May. Monthly index scores …
Doug Short had a blog post of June 27, 2014 (“Final June 2014 Michigan Consumer Sentiment Shows a Small Improvement“) 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 …
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 May, last updated on June 25, 2014. This value is 238,008 ($ Millions) : (click on charts to …
With regard to our current economic situation, my thoughts can best be described/summarized by the posts found under the 37 “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 …
For reference purposes, below are four 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 Money Stock” (seasonally …
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 June 13 …
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 …
In the last post (“Total Household Net Worth As A Percent Of GDP 1Q 2014“) I displayed a long-term chart depicting Total Household Net Worth as a percentage of GDP. For reference purposes, here is Total Household Net Worth from a long-term perspective (from 1949:Q4 to 2014:Q1). The last value (as of June 5, 2014) …
The following chart is from the CalculatedRisk blog post of June 5, 2014 titled “Fed’s Q1 Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth at Record High.” 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 …
On June 3, 2014 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence Ticks Up to -14 in May.” The subtitle is “May saw the highest weekly confidence reading since January.” Notable excerpts include: Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index increased to -14 in May, its highest monthly reading in 2014 so far. May’s economic confidence reading, …