M2 Money growth has been declining since November 2016. And it keeps declining in terms of growth. A
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The Mystery of Declining Gross Private Domestic Investment (as % of GDP)
by confoundedinterest17 •
US Gross Private Domestic Investment (as a percentage of GDP) is lower following The Great Recession that after previous recessions.
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Chicago Fed Recommends State-wide Property Tax To Reduce Public-sector Pension Funding Shortfall (The Confiscation Train Is Rolling!)
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The Chicago Federal Reserve has recommended a 1% statewide property tax in order to reduce the public-sector pension funding shortfall. Illinois already has the highest property tax rate in the nation
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Hey Jude (Jerome Powell)! Net Percent of Domestic Banks Reporting Stronger Demand For GSE Eligible Mortgage Loans Keeps Falling As Rates Keep Rising
by confoundedinterest17 •
Hey Jude (Jerome Powell). don’t make it bad. Take a sad song mortgage market and make it better. Not worse!
Yes Chairman Powell, the Net Pct Of Domestics Banks Reporting Stronger Demand For GSE Eligible Mortgage Loans is declining as The Fed rai…
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Inflation Mystery! April Core CPI Inflation Unchanged At 2.10% (CPI YoY Up Slightly To 2.5% YoY)
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Where is the inflation that former Fed Chair Janet Yellen said was “just around the corner”? The consumer price indices for April are out and they should a small increase in core CPI (ex food and energy) YoY After a couple of months of rising consumer prices, there is a slight cooling. The USD Inflation … Continue reading Inflation Mystery! April Core CPI Inflation Unchanged At 2.10% (CPI YoY Up Slightly To 2.5% YoY) →
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Treasury Inferno! 3Y Auction High Yield Since May 2007 At 2.664% (Up From 0.765% On 07/11/16)
by confoundedinterest17 •
Today’s 3-year Treasury note auction sold $31 billion. And the high yield was a Treasury inferno!
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Jolted! Job Openings Leap By 472,000 To All-Time High 6.55 Million
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The monthly JOLTS report for March revealed an additional 472k job openings in the US economy. That brings that grand total of US job openings to 6.55 million. The JOLTs measures the number of specific job openings in an economy. Job vacancies generally include either newly created or unoccupied positions (or those that are about … Continue reading Jolted! Job Openings Leap By 472,000 To All-Time High 6.55 Million →
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US Credit Managers Service Sector Dollar Collections For April Decline
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The NACM US Credit Managers Service Sector Dollar Collections SA declined to 47.30 in April.
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Venezuela Resorts To Barter To Escape Failed Economic “Folicies” Like Near 18,000% Annual Inflation (5 Bananas and 2 Eggs Gets You A Haircut)
by confoundedinterest17 •
Venezuela is a clown show of central planning failures and cronyism.
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US Labor Market Inferno
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Is the US labor market overheating? Is this a labor market inferno?
