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May 5th, 2013
From Bloomberg: France Declares Austerity Over as Germany Offers Wiggle Room
“We’re witnessing the end of the dogma of austerity” as the only tool to fight the euro debt crisis, [French Finance Minister Pierre] Moscovici said today on Europe 1 radio. “We’ve been pleading for a growth policy for a year. Austerity on its own impedes growth.” ...
May 5th, 2013
From housing economist Tom Lawler:
Dataquick released its March home sales report for the Las Vegas Region based on property records, and the data highlighted that despite a plunge in REO sales, the all-cash and absentee buyer share of home sales increased from a year ago. Here are some stats on shares from the report.
May 4th, 2013
By request, here is an update to a graph that I've been posting for several years. This shows single family housing starts (through March 2013) and the unemployment rate (inverted) through April. Note: there are many other factors impacting unemployment, but housing is a key sector.
You can see both the correlation and the lag. The lag is usually about 12 to 18 months, with peak correlation at a lag of 16 months for single unit starts. The 2001 recession was a business investment led recession, and the pattern didn't hold.
May 4th, 2013
This will be a very light week for economic data.
The Fed's April Senior Loan Officer Survey will be released on Monday, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks on Friday.
Yesterday on the employment report:
• April Employment Report: 165,000 Jobs, 7.5% Unemployment Rate
• Employment Report Comments and more Graphs
May 4th, 2013
This is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources.
Here is the unofficial problem bank list for May 3, 2013.
Changes and comments from surferdude808:
May 4th, 2013
Earlier on the employment report:
• April Employment Report: 165,000 Jobs, 7.5% Unemployment Rate
• Employment Report Comments and more Graphs
A few more employment graphs ...
Duration of Unemployment
May 3rd, 2013
From the Association of American Railroads (AAR): AAR Reports Mixed Rail Traffic for April, and Week Ending April 27
Intermodal traffic in April 2013 totaled 962,019 containers and trailers, up 1.6 percent (15,053 units) compared with April 2012. April’s weekly average of trailers and containers, 240,505, was the highest for any April in history.
May 3rd, 2013
Back in January I wrote: The Future's so Bright .... I started by writing that "It looks like economic growth will pickup over the next few years", although for 2013, I was expecting "another year of sluggish growth" due to fiscal policy.
May 3rd, 2013
Today’s Employment Situation Report indicated that in April, net non-farm payrolls increased by 165,000 jobs overall with the private non-farm payrolls sub-
