Contrarian Musings
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- Philly Fed Survey Improves on Nov 19, 2009 in Economic Reports Federal Reserve philadelphia federal reserve survey philly business outlook survey philly fed survey
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Business Outlook Survey improved this month: Activity in the region’s manufacturing sector is picking up, according to firms polled for this month’s Business Outlook Survey. Indexes for general activity, n...
- Leading Indicators Up on Nov 19, 2009 in Economic Reports conference board lei leading economic indicators lei
The Conference Board’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose in October: The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.3 percent in October, following a 1.0 percent gain in September, and a 0.4 percent rise i...
- Soc Gen Worst Case Scenario on Nov 19, 2009 in Currencies dylan grice gold prices gold bubble gold bull market societe generale
Societe Generale has two recent reports that are gaining them some publicity for their pessimistic view of the world economy. The first report is literally titled Worst Case Scenario and lays out the Bear Case in pretty stark terms (via the Telegraph...
- Dollar and Yen as Safe Haven on Nov 19, 2009 in Currencies dollar risk aversion dollar safe haven yen risk aversion yen safe haven
Every time the dollar rises the talking heads parrot the line about the US dollar being a safe haven. The same is often heard of the Japanese yen, that when risk appetites wane, investors rush to yen and dollar assets: TORONTO (Dow Jones)–The d...
- The Wisdom of Crowds on Nov 19, 2009 in Economy opposed to second stimulus skepticism about job creation claims tax cuts as stimulus
From Rasmussen: As the policy debate has unfolded in Washington this year, voters have consistently believed that tax cuts would do more than increased government spending to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Now that the nation’s unemployment...
- Jobless Claims Flat on Nov 19, 2009 in Economic Reports initial jobless claims jobless claims
Jobless claims were unchanged last week: In the week ending Nov. 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 505,000, unchanged from the previous week’s revised figure of 505,000. The 4-week moving average was 514,000, a d...
- Housing Starts Ouch on Nov 18, 2009 in Economic Reports housing starts building permits
Housing starts and building permits fell in October: BUILDING PERMITS Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 552,000. This is 4.0 percent (±1.9%) below the revised Septem...
