This is the table that accompanies the weekly economic review article: Bizarre Week: Wall Street Takes a Dive:
Weekly Economic Release Scorecard:
| Item | Headline | Analysis |
| April Jobs Report |
Up |
Jobs up a solid 244,000. Economic markers in the data are not excellent. |
| March Consumer Credit |
Up for first time in 2 years | Down without student loans |
| Market Valuations |
Doug Short and John Lounsbury review three market valuation indicators | |
| Commodity Prices |
Dirk Ehnts suggests Goldman Sachs may have been involved in the commodity price bubbles |
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| Initial Unemployment Claims |
Up |
The seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted data tell the same bad story |
| 1Q2011 Productivity |
Up |
Unusually small productivity growth |
| April ISM Non-Manufacturing |
Less Good |
This survey is not as bad as the pundits are making out |
| April ADP Employment |
Up |
Lower growth, and barely above labor force growth rates |
| Bush Tax Cuts |
Elliott Morss overviews effects of eliminating some of the Bush Tax Cuts on deficit reduction |
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| March Manufacturing |
Up |
Manufacturing new orders are in record territory |
| Student Loans |
Malcolm Harris overviews the growing debt problem against the benefits of college education |
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| April ISM Manufacturing |
Less Good |
The underlying survey results show manufacturing is growing |
| March Construction Spending |
Up |
Not Up – still falling YoY but at a slower rate |
| Global Empires |
Elliott Morss looks at the role of education in maintaining empires |
|
| May 2011 Economic Forecast |
Same economy as April |
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| India |
Sunil Chandra argues that the Reserve Bank should not be raising the prime rate |
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| Real Estate Short Sales |
Frank McKenna discusses short sale flipping fraud |
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| Dollar as Reserve Currency |
Michael Pettis looks at how the reserve currency has created global imbalances |
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| BRICS and the dollar |
Sanjeev Kulkarni opines on the BRIC conference outcome |
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| MERS and Foreclosuregate |
Michael Collins lists essential elements in the government settlements with the banking industry |
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| Global Stock Markets |
Erik McCurdy graphs the warning signals |
