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Bernanke talked tough but is he whistling DIxie?

Economics This Week’s Data April factory orders rose 0.7% versus expectations of an increase of 1.1% and -0.9% recorded in March. The Institute for Supply Management’s May nonmanufacturing index was reported at 44.0 versus estimates of 45...

Published 06-04-2009 8:29 AM by Steve Cook

Filed under: ISM, productivity, factory orders, Bernanke, weekly jobless claims
If stocks continue to advance, I'll be sellling

Economics This Week’s Data February factory orders rose 1.8% versus expectations of a 2.0% increase. March non farm payrolls fell 663,000 versus estimates of a 671,000 decline; that translates to an 8.5% unemployment rate, in line with forecasts...

Published 04-03-2009 8:20 AM by Steve Cook

Filed under: non farm payrolls, budget deficit, factory orders, healthcare
Let's see how the Market trades on the NFP number

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Published 03-06-2009 8:20 AM by Steve Cook

Filed under: non farm payrolls, productivity, factory orders
Beware of too much optimism

Economics This Week’s Data Fourth quarter productivity rose 3.2%, more than twice estimates of +1.5%; unit labor costs increased 1.8% versus expectations of up 2.5%. The bad news is that these positive numbers resulted from rising job cuts; the...

Published 02-06-2009 8:29 AM by Steve Cook

Filed under: factory orders, nonfarm payrolls, stimulus plan
Continue to be patient

Economics This Week’s Data November factory orders plunged 4.6% versus expectations of a 2.2% decline. Much of the poor performance was attributed to a fall in orders for energy related products; ex those energy related orders, the number was -1...

Published 01-07-2009 8:31 AM by Steve Cook

Filed under: FOMC, ISM, bank lending, factory orders, oil, Obama tax plan, housing

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Bernanke talked tough but is he whistling DIxie?

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Let's see how the Market trades on the NFP number

Beware of too much optimism

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