Beyond Petroleum
This report updates the total employment chart data through Thursday June 3, pending homes sales (contracts), and the mortgage applications index. Updated weekly claims data…
Let’s put one falsehood to rest that’s making the rounds among some Wall Street pundits. They say that an improving employment picture will bolster the…
In this edition of the Housing Market Update, now posted separately from the Fed Report, we look at the stunning collapse in purchase mortgage applications…
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I don’t want to repeat Dylan Ratigan’s description of the financial sector as a “con job”, or something I wrote, as a “financial ring“. Instead, I want to describe the warfare that Obama is undertaking with t…
Greece is virtually falling apart but nobody’s watching. Today I’ve spent 15 minutes listening the Jim Cramer show, (which was quite an accomplishment). He did not mention Greece in the first 15 minutes (he later answered to my tweet and c…
Economists touted today’s manufactured goods gains as the linchpin of the economic recovery. Considering that manufacturing accounts for only 11% of the US economy, and…
This week’s bill auctions have had blow out results so far. Part of that strength appears to have come at the expense of the 2…
Draconian state and local government budget cuts have been in the news lately. Here’s a thought. We could save a lot of money by conducting…
