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 |