This is the table that accompanies the weekly economic review article at Global Economic Intersection – and is a summary of the analysis, investing and opinion articles published this week. See the weekly economic summary article: Trade Balance is the Recessionary Metric to Watch Next Week
Weekly Economic Release Scorecard:
| August Wholesale Sales: Strong – broke downward trend line |
| August Consumer Credit: (later) |
| September BLS Employment: Downward trend line broken |
| USA Macro Policy: Is Fiscal and Monetary Policy Constrained by Iraq War? |
| September ISM Non-Manufacturing: Data contains a strong “no recession” flag |
| September ADP / Challenger Jobs: Not worsening data is good |
| Private Investment: Is this the end of improvement on return on capital? |
| August Manufacturing Sales: Strong growth |
| August Construction Spending: Broke a 45 month decline with a gain |
| September ISM Manufacturing: Positive but meaningless data |
| Greece: Focus must be on its real problems, not on temporary measures |
| Greece: Failure is preordained based on economic dynamics |
| College Dropouts: Setting the USA up for further economic woes |
| USA: Are Wall Street demonstrations the start of an “Arab Spring”? |
| Europe: The question is not operational solutions, but sustainable political ones |
| USA Employment: Is there a tie between unemployment and home equity? |
| ECB: Will there soon be a TALF (U.S. style)? |
| Greece: A return to Drachma might be a good solution |
| USA Banking: Another view of the TBTF issue relating to hidden MBS transactions |
| Solyndra Loans: Likely this involved administration misconduct |
| Wine: Investing for Profit |
| Steve Jobs: Our tribute to Steve |
| Recession Signs: Four potential flags of recession |
| Investing: Sorting out perceptions and reality |
| Euro: What will it look like in five years? |
| High Yield Bonds: Now giving a sell signal for bonds and equities |
| Charting: How to catch market tops |
