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Factory Orders Unexpectedly Rise Snapping String of 6 Straight Declines
April 2, 2015 0

Factory Orders Unexpectedly Rise Snapping String of 6 Straight Declines

By News Desk

Factory Orders Unexpectedly Rise Snapping String of 6 Straight Declines After six straight months of factory orders unexpectedly declining, economists apparently were finally convinced that bad weather would continue indefinitely. Factory orders rose, albeit barely, and last month was revised way lower, nonetheless it was amusing to see economists expectations were in the wrong direction for the seventh straight month.

Idiotic Proposals for Fed to Give Away Money
September 19, 2014 0

Idiotic Proposals for Fed to Give Away Money

By News Desk

A Fiscal Times, Yahoo Finance article by by John Grgurich claims that Instead of QE, Fed Could Have Given $56,000 to Every Household in America . Grgurich formulated his article after reading "an intriguing piece just published in Foreign Affairs, Brown University political economist Mark Blyth and London-based hedge fund manager Eric Lonergan argue the Fed could have done better by pursuing a far different type of grand policy experiment. " The "intriguing piece" is Print Less but Transfer More , Why Central Banks Should Give Money Directly to the People .

Huge Miss in ISM; Largest Decline in New Orders in 4 Years; Weather to Blame?
February 3, 2014 0

Huge Miss in ISM; Largest Decline in New Orders in 4 Years; Weather to Blame?

By News Desk

ISM Report Snips PMI Manufacturing expanded in January as the PMI® registered 51.3 percent, a decrease of 5.2 percentage points when compared to December’s seasonally adjusted reading of 56.5 percent. A reading above 50 percent indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50 percent indicates that it is generally contracting.

Durable Goods: Seen and Unseen (the Good, the Bad, the Ugly)
July 25, 2013 0

Durable Goods: Seen and Unseen (the Good, the Bad, the Ugly)

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Motor Vehicles and Parts +1.3% Non-Defense Aircraft and Parts +31.4% Defense Aircraft and Parts  +18.7% Other Durable Goods +0.1% One quick glance at new orders will give you the "easily seen" look at the durable goods numbers. Although such analysis is "easily seen" not many bother