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Median Consumer Remains Income Constrained
Written by Steven Hansen Even after the good gains shown for personal consumer income in January 2014, this factor continues to constrain economic expansion.
January 2014 Real Personal Income and Expenditures Above Expectations
Written by Steven Hansen Real Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) grew while Real Disposable Personal Income (DPI) contracted. This release shows that the December data (previous month) was distorted by a previous year’s income spike – and that income and expenditure growth correlated this month.
Riding the Health Care Cost Rocket
Written by Steven Hansen When I read informed opinion on health care costs going up or going down, I visualize the scenes in the Exorcist (Linda Blair’s head rotating a complete 360 degrees or her pea soup hurling). It really depends on what data set you pull, how you view the data in that data set, …