Karim writes: All key components up; prices paid lower but still at high level. Employment up 4pts and up 4.5pts relative to 6mth avg. Hopefully,
[Skip to the end] We’ll see if the zero rate policy keeps giving that feeling that the economy is dragging an anchor chain, and requires
From Karim: Index of aggregate hours -0.3% Diffusion index from 50.0 to 46.2 Median duration of unemployment from 8.4 to 8.8 weeks So output likely
From Karim: GDP slows from 4.9% to 0.6% Personal consumption slows from 2.8% to 2.5% DGO strength in Dec shows up in modest positive in