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Definitive stock market patterns arise over very long time periods. This data can help us figure out where we are today. The price data for the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) goes back...

[Warning:This post is loaded with sarcasm] A meteor coming towards the US East Coast is unlikely to stir up more headlines than the Fiscal Cliff – expiring tax cuts and forced spending cuts...

I pen this while listening to the pundits talk about the terrible economy moving forward. I too think the USA economy going forward will be mediocre at best. This week ECRI has stated the recession...

While we watch the drama over the demise of Hostess Brands, the financial media hums with the suggestion that the silly labor movement, as well as business errors have driven this company into the...

Residential building permits and construction completions in October 2012 continues to show the industry rebound, with the data again being relatively good. Our analysis is so much better than the...

I am not a lover of GDP as THE measure of the economy. GDP measures money movement across sectors of the economy that economists have determined is “productive” growth. Nothing is wrong...

Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for September 2012 is not as good as the headline data. business sales remain in a long term...

There has been much talk about the impact of Obamacare on employment dynamics in the USA. Much of the recent discussion centers on the Obamacare definition of full-time employment: The law defines a...

America makes nothing. Seems like most things we buy are made in Mexico, China, Indonesia or many other places. However, perceptions are not facts, and even the data can be spun to support a specific...

The Econintersect November 2012 economic forecast outlook recovered slightly following last month’s free fall. The indicators Econintersect uses to forecast remain mixed, and several are at 2012...

Most believe there is something wrong with jobs growth – and the current jobs growth is anemic compared to the past. While it is true that jobs growth is not good currently, it is not much worse...

One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you, don’t do anything at all, go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall – Jefferson Airplane,...

Residential building permits and construction completions in September 2012 continue to show the industry rebound, with the data being relatively pretty good this month. Building permits have grown...

One does not have to cherry pick the data right now to make a case the economy is sucking swamp water. On the other hand, there remains no smoking gun showing the economy has slipped into a...

The headline said: In August, consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 8 percent. Revolving credit increased at an annual rate of 6 percent, and nonrevolving credit increased...