This is the table that accompanies the weekly economic review article: Economy Remains on Life Support:
Weekly Economic Release Scorecard:
| Item | Headline | Analysis |
| 1Q2011 GDP |
Rick Davis suggests the weak numbers are a perfect excuse for more monetary intervention |
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| March Personal Income & PCE |
Up |
Consumption increase is 66% price increases. Disposable income 80% nullified by inflation |
| 1Q2011 GDP |
Up 1.8% |
Government spending contraction the news in this low number |
| March CFNAI |
Up |
This super economic coincident index is now showing economy growing at trend |
| March Pending Home Sales |
Up |
Not up – Pending home sales index has been down YoY for the last 8 of 9 months |
| March Durable Goods |
Up |
Sharp improvement |
| Home Mortgage Defaults |
Likely strategic mortgage defaults will be a growing problem |
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| April Conference Board Consumer Confidence |
Up |
Comparing consumer confidence “recovery” and trends over the last 5 recessions |
| February Case-Shiller home prices |
Down |
Compares all leading home price indexes. |
| Income Inequalities |
Growing |
Showing growing income disparity in the USA |
| March New Home Sales |
Up |
Not up – but there is light in the tunnel |
| China Inflation |
Menzie Chinn questions whether Chinese inflation is endangering the USA economy |
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| Deficit Reduction |
Elliott Morss looks at taxing options to lower the deficit |
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| Frank-Dodd |
Yves Smith pokes holes in FDIC belief they could have prevented the destruction caused by Lehman’s collapse |
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| Corporate Forward Earnings |
Jeff Miller points out most investors are not using good forward earning information |
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| Australian All Ordinaries | Paul Hanly overviews the Oz market from a historical perspective |
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| Commodities |
Erik McCurdy argues a correction is coming | |
| Are things out of control? |
John Lounsbury shares a video on the progression of the information age | |
| Arizona Senate Bill 1259 |
Martin Andelman questions whether the banking lobby was involved in the disappearance |
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| Economic End Games |
Rick Davis examines the “art” of economic solutions – and who profits |
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