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