May 7th, 2012 by Belisarius (For The Week Ending May 4, 2012) Baltic dry index rose 0.1% last week; Capesize Index was up 5.1%; Panamax Index…
(For The Week Ending April 27, 2012) ECRI Weekly Leading Index for week ending April 27, 2012 was reported unchanged y-o-y. Prior reading was at…
Updated May 4, 2012 Enter your thoughts in the Comment Form at bottom of page. No registration necessary. Total and Full Time Employment The number…
The oil price is holding up quite well despite weaker demand and higher stockpiles. The reason for that are tightness in the brent market (which reflects in other markets via. arbitrage) and geopolitical risks (mostly related to Iran nuclear program).
I have posted a new permanent page of charts of first time unemployment claims and Federal withholding taxes. The data shows current actual, not seasonally…
Challenger’s count of layoff announcements was reported at 40,559 in April vs. 37,880 in March.
The ICI reported today that US domestic equity mutual funds suffered outflows of $1.6 billion this week, compared with outflows of $8.6 billion last week.…
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In a bid to boost ratings, CNN hired the ignorant, biased, and obnoxious Wall Street cheerleader Erin Burnett away from CnBS last year. Since slotting…
Lee Adler argues that the idea that US economic growth and European economic crisis proves that austerity is a bad thing is false. The US only looks good in comparison, because capital is flowing out of Europe to the last Ponzi game standing, the US Treasury market. The US Treasury magically and instantly converts foreign capital inflows into current spending creating the illusion that austerity is bad and profligacy and stealing from the future income of US taxpayers is good. Russ Winter chimes in on the flight of small investors out of US stocks, and away from the propaganda of mainstream TV financial infomercialism. This is a subscriber only podcast. If you are not a subscriber, click here to access the most recent free podcast posted on Monday, April 23. Subscribers can click the player at the bottom of this post (visible on Radio Free Wall Street main site only) to listen to today’s podcast, or use this link to download. If you are not a subscriber and would like to hear not only today’s podcast but all 8-10 podcasts each month, click here to start here to start your subscription. It takes less than a minute to complete the signup form and start […]
