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Export / Import Price Deflation in April 2013

Written by Steven Hansen In April 2013, year-over-year price deflation continues in import prices for 11 of the last 12 months . Export price price are also deflating this month: with imports down 0.5% month-over-month, down 2.6% year-over-year and exports … Continue reading

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Export / Import Price Moderation Continues In March 2013

Written by Steven Hansen In March 2013, year-over-year price deflation continues in import prices for 10 of the last 11 months . Export price price inflation grew marginally year-over-year but fell month-over-month: with imports down 0.5% month-over-month, down 2.7% year-over-year … Continue reading

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Export Price Deflation Continues In February 2013

Written by Steven Hansen In February 2013, year-over-year price deflation continues in import prices for 9 of the last 10 months – although the amount of deflation is now microscopic. Export price price inflation grew marginally: with imports up 1.1% … Continue reading

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Export Price Deflation Continues January 2013

Written by Steven Hansen In January 2013, year-over-year price deflation continues in import prices for 8 of the last 9 months. Export price price inflation grew marginally: with imports up 0.6% month-over-month, down 1.3% year-over-year and exports up 0.3% month-over-month, … Continue reading

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Export Price Deflation Continues in December 2012

Written by Steven Hansen In December 2012, year-over-year price deflation continues in import prices for 7 of the last 8 months. Export price price inflation grew marginally: with imports down 0.1% month-over-month, down 1.5% year-over-year and exports down 0.1% month-over-month, … Continue reading

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Export Price Deflation Continues in November 2012

Written by Steven Hansen In November 2012, the price deflation continues in import prices for the seventh month (last month’s inflation was wiped away with backward revision).  Export price price inflation moderated: with imports down 0.9% month-over-month, down 1.6% year-over-year … Continue reading

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Slight Export and Import Price Inflation in October 2012

Written by Steven Hansen October 2012 broke the 5 month string of import and export price deflation with imports rising 0.4% year-over-year and exports rising 1.4% year-over-year. There was general price inflation across most imports, while export price inflation was … Continue reading

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Export and Import Price Deflation Remains in September 2012

Written by Steven Hansen September 2012 is the fifth month of the unusual event of both import and export prices showing year-over-year deflation. Export / Import prices have deflated several times without a recession occurring – however, deflation is a … Continue reading

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Export and Import Price Deflation Continues in August 2012

Written by Steven Hansen August 2012 is the fourth month of the unusual event of both import and export prices showing year-over-year deflation. Export / Import prices have deflated several times without a recession occurring – however, deflation is a … Continue reading

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Export and Import Prices Continue to Deflate in July 2012

Written by Steven Hansen July 2012 is the third month of the unusual event of both import and export prices showing year-over-year deflation. Export / Import prices have deflated several times without a recession occurring – however, deflation is a … Continue reading

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Export and Import Prices In Full Deflation Mode in June 2012

Written by Steven Hansen There is only marginal correlation between economic activity, recessions and export / import prices. Prices can be rising or falling going into a recession. Econintersect follows this data series to adjust economic activity for the effects … Continue reading

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Deflation Underway? Export and Import Prices Contract in May 2012

Written by Steven Hansen There is only marginal correlation between economic activity, recessions and export / import prices. Prices can be rising or falling going into a recession. Econintersect follows this data series to adjust economic activity for the effects … Continue reading

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Export and Import Prices Continue to Moderate in April 2012

Written by Steven Hansen There is absolutely no correlation between economic activity, recessions and export / import prices. Prices can be rising or falling going into a recession. Econintersect follows this data series to adjust economic activity for the effects … Continue reading

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Import-Export Prices Moderates Year-over-Year in March 2012

Written by Steven Hansen There is absolutely no correlation between economic activity, recessions and export / import prices. Prices can be rising or falling going into a recession. Econintersect follows this data series to adjust economic activity for the effects … Continue reading

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Export & Import Prices Continued to Moderate in February 2012

Written by Steven Hansen There is absolutely no correlation between economic activity, recessions and export / import prices.  Prices can be rising or falling going into a recession.  Econintersect follows this data series to adjust economic activity for the effects … Continue reading

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Coincident Data Providing Confirmation of Improving Economy

Written by Steven Hansen On Friday on CNBC, ECRI renewed their recession call – now saying a recession should hit by mid-year 2012.   Supporting evidence for this call was based on coincident data’s growth rate-of-change was falling to historical recession … Continue reading

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USA Home Prices and Rents Climbing in February 2012

by Guest Author Scott Sambucci, Altos Research “The latest home prices data shows that a stable market in January is leading to an up month in February.  Rents and newly listed property prices all climbing weekly.” Like Giants fans around … Continue reading

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Export & Import Prices Continued to Moderate in January 2012

January 2012 export prices rose 0.2% month-over-month while import prices rose 0.3%. The January rise in import prices is due to fuels / lubricants and foods, while the rise in export prices was driven by agriculture exports. The data is … Continue reading

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January 2012 Advance Retail Sales Disappoint But Still Growing

Pundits are throwing out various reasons (including some apparent incorrect auto sales data) for reasons why January 2012 advance retail sales are improving at a weak rate.  The expectations were for retail sales improvement 2 to 3 times higher than … Continue reading

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Is Sea Cargo Baltic Dry Index Decline Recessionary?

The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is in recession territory.  It has been a good friend to pundits who make economic predictions.  Sorry to say, our friend is sick – but there is every reason to believe the illness was caused … Continue reading

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