When Bubbles Collide Unemployment Jumps to 5.5%, On Its Way to 6% What the Tax Numbers Show What's Up With Oil? America on a Diet Montreal, a New Book, and a Wedding I remember in the summer of 2006 I would face my blank computer screen on a Friday and wonder, what I could write about? The media...
How Do You Spell Stagflation? Memo from the Fed: Inflation? What Inflation? The Fed Will Cut and Cut Again Damn the Inflation Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead! Apple, Sprint, AT&T, and Going to the Dark Side This week's topic was inspired by a discussion I had with George Friedman of Stratfor fame...
The Return of Muddle Through The dollar reaches new lows. The housing market shows no sign of a bottom. Oil almost touches $84 before backing off. Interest rates go up after the Fed cuts. So naturally the stock market keeps climbing. But then, consumer spending came in strong, employment looks like it...