This is the table that accompanies the weekly economic review article: Uncertainty, Stock Market Fluctuations & Jobs
Weekly Economic Release Scorecard:
Item | Headline | Analysis |
Final 4Q2010 GDP | Revised Up | GDP has gone from 3.2% (advanced) to 2.8% (2nd release) – and now the final release is 3.1% |
February Durable Goods | Down | Not necessarily down – just less good |
Federal Reserve 2010 Financial Statement | Compare QE1 to QE2 | |
Global Economic Assessment | Questions whether anyone can correctly assess risk in 2nd half of 2011 | |
Future Jobs Growth | CBO envisions a 2000 decade tepid jobs growth until 2021 | |
February Truck Tonnage | Down | Up YoY, data just less good than January |
February New Home Sales | Down | Worst data ever |
Electric Generation Fuel Comparisons | Compared Coal to Uranium as tomorrow’s fuels | |
Japan’s Meltdown | How it effected consumer metrics | |
February Existing Home Sales | Down | Yes, down YoY against a 2010 incentive driven home sales month |
February CFNAI | Down | Up because of backward revision |
Big Banks | Explores limits of large banking institutions globally | |
Micro-Cap Stocks | Clive Corcoran finds Micro-caps are outperforming | |
Hated Investments | Jeffrey Dow Jones explores profiting from investments most hate | |
Investing Week | Jeff Miller maintains investors must look beyond the headlines | |
Stock Market Prices | Erik McCurdy argues the market may be beginning a topping process | |
Libya | Elliott Morss questions what drove international involvement in Libya. | |
Economic Chernobyl | Rick Davis compares the elements of the Chernobyl meltdown to the USA economic situation | |
USA Treasuries | GEAB believes the USA treasury market will collapse in 2011 for a variety of reasons | |
UM Consumer Sentiment | Down | Plummets 77.5 to 67.5 |