Fed Sees Rate Low `for a Time’ Then Possible Reversal (Update1) by Scott Lanman (Bloomberg) Federal Reserve officials signaled they are prepared to quickly reverse
If inflation is now above Bernanke’s comfort zone, as per Yellen who has been more dovish than Bermanke, and above their long-term target of maybe
Prospects for the U.S. Economy in 2008 (intro remarks snipped) Today I’d like to talk about developments in the economy and in monetary policy, two
SF Fed president Yellen on inflation, from yesterday’s speech in Hawaii: Now let me turn to inflation. The recent news has been disappointing. Over the
Please excuse the mix of Bloomberg and Valance graphs. Comments welcome. Went blurry eyed trying to organize it all. Markets reacted strongly to Friday’s -17,000
From Karim: True to the past 5yrs pattern, claims seem to be reverting to trend after the first few weeks of January. Right, good call!
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
MBAVPRCH Index + 4 Wk Ave + 12 Wk Ave From Karim: very volatile series-see chart-white line is purchase index-purple line is 4wk avg and
On Jan 28, 2008 4:26 PM, Mike wrote: > bottom line if trade deficit shrinks via export strength that has to be > extremely dollar
Caterpillar Sees ‘Definite Threat’ of US Recession (CNBC)Caterpillar’s fourth-quarter earnings rose more than 10 percent, helped by strong sales to mining, energy and construction customers