January 13, 2016
Spotlight on the "Con" in Consumer Confidence: Confidence Improves Hooray!
The consumer conference board says Consumer Confidence Index Improves in December .
Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
The consumer conference board says Consumer Confidence Index Improves in December .
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Chinese capital flight is undoubtedly higher than the Wall Street Journal chart shows. For an explanation, please consider China Finds More Discreet Ways to Support the Yuan . Just because China is burning through its reported foreign-exchange reserves more slowly doesn’t mean it’s losing its commitment to support the yuan.
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PCE declined by 0.13. That’s a total of decline for those three components of 0.37 percentage points. Part of that decline was based not only on revisions, but also on a month-over month decline in November construction spending of 0.4 percentage points. If 3/4 of the decline in those components is due to construction spending, then I estimate third quarter GDP will be revised about .57 percentage points lower, second quarter .56 percentage points lower, and first quarter .21 percentage points higher
Bloomberg reports Sweden Seen Closer to Krona Intervention to Tame Exchange Rate . Some of Scandinavia’s biggest banks are warning investors not to underestimate the risk that the central bank is preparing to intervene in the currency market. Nordea and SEB both say the Riksbank won’t allow the krona to strengthen beyond 9 against the euro.
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