Liquidity indications were mixed last week, with the Fed still not doing much while foreign central banks were net sellers (see Treasury update). Commercial banks…
Oil Prices Confirming ECRI Recession Call
by: Lance Roberts November 9, 2011
As goes oil, so goes the economy. Today we posted an update as to why oil price spikes hurt even more when disposable incomes are already under pressure, as it acts as an a…
The article is an excerpt from the Wall Street Examiner Professional Edition Housing Update for subscribers. Scroll to the end for the subscriber link to…
Housing data for this month suggests that the usual seasonal uptick in prices has come to an end at a lower high than last year.…
The nation’s major health insurers are barreling into a third year of record profits, enriched in recent months by a lingering recessionary mind-set among Americans who are postponing or forgoing medical care.
The UnitedHealth Group, one o…
A clear and direct relationship has existed between employment and house prices in the US over the past 9 years. In order for housing prices…
TSA Space Alien Detection Officers (ADO)
When you think you’ve covered all your bases, something new comes along. This time, it’s invisible! New intelligence suggests that space aliens with invisibility cloaks have been going through our checkpoi…
This morning’s data on payrolls and unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was a strong report. The question is whether it is sustainable. I like…
First time unemployment claims rose by 52,038 to 577,279 in the week ended January 1. The Wall Street captive media is, as usual fudging the…
Commentary of economists Rogoff and Reinhart are often used as points of reference concerning thresholds of debt levels that trigger a debt trap. After the publication of their book on the topic, there were rebuttals from the debt-doesn’t-really…