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Christmas Retail Sales Not All They Were Cracked Up to Be

From the BTMU sample of retailers, December 2010 YoY same chain store sales increase was similar to any other month in 2010 and the CMI Contraction Watch is again flashing warning signals.

Posted bySteven Hansen6 January 2011Posted inRetail & Business SalesTags: chain store sales, CMI, Consumer Metric Institute, rth, xrt1 Comment on Christmas Retail Sales Not All They Were Cracked Up to Be

ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey Quixotic in December 2010

The December 2010 ISM non-manufacturing survey has crossed a boundary into meaninglessness. Employment data points to one of the key problem areas.

Posted bySteven Hansen5 January 20116 January 2011Posted inISM SurveysTags: chiq, fxd, fxg, iyk, non-manufacturing, rcd, rhs, rth, scc, szk, ucc, xlp, xly, xrt
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