This is the table that accompanies the weekly economic review article: Japan’s Fate Subject to the Winds:
Weekly Economic Release Scorecard:
Item | Headline | Analysis |
March ISM Manufacturing | Down slightly | Likely the same MoM due to seasonal adjustmet |
February Construction Spending | Down | Historically very bad |
March Employment | Moderate Growth | Rate of Growth may be as good as it gets |
February Manufacturing | Down | Moderately strong manufacturing data |
March Home Prices | Up | Strongest seasonal rise for several years |
March ADP Jobs | Moderate Growth | Matches BLS jobs data |
April Economic Forecast | Rate of growth flat | |
March Conference Board Consumer Sentiment | Down | Big drop in sentiment this month |
January Case-Shiller Home Prices | Down | All home price indices declining |
February Pending Home Sales | Up | Just Wrong – index is down |
February Personal Income | Squeeze in disposable income | |
February PCE | Improving | Improving at a tortoise pace |
Renminbi | Proper evaluation may be a function of elements which effect the rate of savings or spending | |
GDP | Walking through the relationship of the components of GDP | |
Unemployment for College Graduates | Graduates are unable to upgrade jobs when economy improves | |
Asia Investing | Elliott Morss reviews relative potential between the tiger economies | |
Investing Preview | Jeff Miller looks at the week ahead | |
Gold | Erik McCurdy looks at gold’s potential | |
Europe Economy | Dirk Ehnts looks at lower inflation in higher debt countries | |
Book Review “Exorbitant Privilege” | Economic Growth for the USA is advised – but how? | |
Banking | Elliott Morss looks at TBTF and who has not paid back TARP borrowing | |
Dollar Index | Guy Lerner says dollar decline is manageable | |
China Loan Growth | Michael Pettis believes loan growth is about to increase |