| Item |
Headline |
Analysis |
| International Trade in Goods and Services |
Trade gap narrowed |
Exports Increased while imports decreased |
| Global Bond Market |
|
Growing Issues globally without an end-game plan. The can is just being kicked down the road |
| z.1 Flow of Funds |
Debt grew |
Wealth of Joe Sixpack grew |
| Wholesale Trade |
Up 2.2% |
Flat |
| Livingston Survey |
Downgraded economic forecasts |
Comparable toFed Reserves forecast |
| Stimulus |
|
Some stimulus actually causes economic contraction |
| European Economic Crisis |
|
A digest of potential outcomes |
| China Education |
|
Chinese education now best in the world |
| Government Bailout of Private Sector Business |
|
Exploring when it is acceptable for government intervention |
| Consumer Credit |
Grew 1-3/4% |
Grew only because government now holds 13% of all consumer credit |
| Diesel Use |
Grew 0.4% |
Trend line shows economy’s expansion has slowed |
| Government Printing Press |
|
right on the verge of debt deflation taking hold via a housing double dip and negative equity |
| Unpayable Debt |
|
Debt most be monetized to provide relief to the productive elements |
| Railroad Traffic |
YoY improvements less good |
Indication of a slower growing economy |
| Use of Credit |
|
The trouble is credit was used for consumption, not production |
| Fraud |
|
The economy will not recover until we start jailing white collar criminals |
| Euro Crisis |
|
two solutions |
| Mortgage Servicing |
|
Broad new action is needed |
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