Analysis Topic: Economic Trends Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Charting the U.S. Recession Unemployment Crisis / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Mike_Shedlock
I have been following a number of unemployment charts showing just how bad the current recession is. Click on any chart to see a sharper image.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Bank of England Panics and Prints Another £50 billion to Prevent Economic Depression / Economics / Quantitative Easing
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King waved his magic wand again today and conjured another £50 billion into existence to the surprise of most market commentators right from the BBC downwards with Stephanie Flanders seen floundering to back track on previous commentary on BBC TV News, as lemming like behaviour had led the mainstream media to conclude that the Bank of England had put Quantitative easing on hold in the face of growing signs of economic recovery.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Obama and the Economy, Propaganda and Truth / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: LewRockwell
Travel with me back to yesterday, the early days of the Reagan administration, when taxes were being cut and spending increases were being curbed (the actual cuts were few), and when journalists were losing their heads about the supposedly catastrophic state of the economy.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
ISM Shows Recession Not Over Yet / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Mike_Shedlock
The horn tooters have to wait at least another month before the recession is over judging from the non-manufacturing ISM numbers.
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
The Economic Stimulus Isn't Stimulating / Economics / Economic Stimulus
By: LewRockwell
Bill Bonner writes: For whatever reason, the French newspaper, Liberation, chose to recall a grim event last week. On February 4, 1912 Franz Reichelt, also known as the 'flying tailor,' put on his contraption – a homemade outfit designed to work like a parachute – went up to the first observation level of the Eiffel Tower, hesitated...then stepped over the rail and jumped.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Any Economic Bright Spots Amidst the Global Recession? / Economics / Economic Recovery
By: RGE_Monitor
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
This Economic Depression is Just Beginning / Economics / Great Depression II
By: Mike_Whitney
Too bad Pulitzers aren't handed out for blog-entries. This year's award would go to Zero Hedge for its "The 'Money on the Sidelines' Fallacy" post. This short entry shows why the economy will continue its downward slide and why the US consumer will not get off the mat and resume spending as he has in the past. The fact is the Net Wealth of US Households has "declined from a peak of $22 trillion to just under $12 trillion in early March."
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
State of the U.S. Economy, "This is Not a Free Market" / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Submissions
The Renegade Economist goes to New York to hear Dr. Michael Hudson's views on the state of the US Economy.
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
U.S. Economy GDP Review, Where is the Consumer? / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: John_Mauldin
This week I am in the office for just one day, but I can rely on my friend Dave Rosenberg to give us solid insight on the latest GDP numbers for this week's Outside the Box. Dave slices and dices to show us what really happened. David was the former Chief Economist at the former Merrill Lynch (ah, Mother Merrill, we barely knew ye.) and is now Chief Economist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc., which is one of Canada's pre-eminent wealth management firms. Founded in 1984, they manage $4.4 billion. David notes that the data gives us a mixed picture.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Brazil and China Economies Among the First to Recover / Economics / Economic Recovery
By: Money_and_Markets
Martin Weiss writes: Did you miss my urgent strategy update last week?
If so, before reading any further, be sure to watch it now. Or, if you prefer, review the transcript.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Bernanke Has Put the U.S. Economy on the Path to Stagflation / Economics / Stagflation
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: As the U.S. and global economies stabilize, economists wonder how U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will manage to reverse all the monetary stimulus that has been infused into the economy over the past year and prevent inflation.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Latvia Economic Crisis as Thatcher Free Market Model Collapses / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: F_William_Engdahl
The global financial and economic crisis has hit the small Baltic country Latvia harder than any single country with the possible exception of Iceland. As part of its attempt to join the European Monetary Union the country has fixed its currency the Lats to the Euro. The result has been to make a bad situation catastrophic. How the situation develops will have direct bearing on the fate of many emerging countries of eastern Europe. It marks the death of the radical experiment with Thatcherism in eastern Europe.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
U.S. Federal Tax Revenues Suffer Biggest Drop Since Great Depression / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Mike_Shedlock
Recession? What recession? This is a depression. No it's not the great depression, but this is no ordinary recession as measured by housing, jobs, the stock market, the CPI, auto sales, and now federal tax revenues.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Frugality Trumps Quantitative Easing Money Printing / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Mike_Shedlock
Once again, deflation has a firm grip on Japan. Symptoms include falling wages, rising unemployment, weakening consumer demand, and falling prices.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Thoughts On The Recoveryless Economic Recovery / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Mike_Shedlock
In response to Military vs. Non-Military Durable Goods in Pictures where I suggested the "bottom may be in", many people asked "how so?"
For example "They Stole My Country" writes:
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Is America Broke Part II, The Debt God / Economics / US Debt
By: Douglas_V._Gnazzo
"Because of the fractional reserve system, banks, as a
whole, can expand our money supply several times, by making
loans and investments." [1]
Abstract
The following paper is the second installment of the three part series: Is America Broke. The first article discussed the main issues of the financial crisis. It was suggested that the root cause of the systemic failure is the monetary system itself: paper fiat debt-money – Federal Reserve Notes or dollar bills.
Monday, August 03, 2009
U.S. Monetary Inflation as Budget Deficit $2 Trillion Higher than a Year Ago! / Economics / US Debt
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
According to the diligent statistical elves of Barron’s Market Lab, the amount of U.S. Treasury Gross Public Debt outstanding is $11.611 trillion. A year ago, according to the same elite statisticians, that value was $9.533 trillion. In one year, the true deficit of the U.S. government was therefore $2.0178 trillion. That, my fellow Gold bugs, is a true accomplishment! How does one spend Two Trillion Dollars more than one receives in a single year?
Monday, August 03, 2009
Cash for Clunkers Plan, with Bread and Circuses in Pax Americana / Economics / Economic Stimulus
By: Michael_Pento
While I was on a bull/bear debate last week on CNBC Reports with Dennis Kneale, the host referred to our country as Pax Americana. The name was given in reference to the Pax Romana (an era of peace and prosperity enjoyed by the Romans in the first and second century AD). But, like the Roman empire of the second century, we have now resorted to our own version of Bread and Circuses in the form of massive deficit spending and currency devaluation. I can think of no better example than the “Cash for Clunkers” program sponsored by the Administration and Congress.
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Monday, August 03, 2009
The Recession Is OVER! ???? / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Andrew_Abraham
So says the cover of Newsweek! The RECESSION IS OVER! I am so glad they know the future. Where were they in predicting the calamity that the majority of the world went through? The global recession has left few survivors. Home prices throughout most of the world have imploded. This economic recession has destroyed families and some are living in tent cities.
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Monday, August 03, 2009
U.S. GDP Contraction Slows, but the Road to Economic Recovery Will Be Rocky / Economics / Economic Recovery
By: Money_Morning
Bob Blandeburgo writes: While the many of the world’s economies continue to look for signs of growth, the U.S. economy took a big step in the right the direction in the second quarter.