Year-Over-Year Rent Inflation Is About to Fall Sharply
Tyler Mitchell The Philadelphia Fed All Tenant Regressed Rent index suggests rapid deceleration in rent increases, perhaps even declining. Data…
Fed Beige Book Conditions Are Worse Now Than the Start of the Great Recession
Let’s compare current Beige Book conditions to those at the beginning of the Great Recession. Beige Book January…
BLS Negative Job Revisions 15 of Last 21 Months
Let’s recap negative job revisions and also discuss a reader comment “This was not a poor nonfarm payroll…
Is Trump Still Ahead If You Factor Out Nate Silver’s Bounce Adjustment?
Nate Sliver applied convention bounce adjustments to Trump and Harris, both negative. What happens if the Harris adjustment…
Payroll Report: Manufacturing Sheds 24,000 Jobs, Government Adds 24,000, Big Negative Revisions
Other than a small 0.1 percent improvement in the unemployment rate, this was a very poor jobs report…
Key Recession Indicator Gives Stronger Recession Signal in August
A modified McKelvey recession indicator with no false positives or false negatives since 1953 suggests we are in…
Trump Surges to a 61.5 Percent Win Probability. Is That High or Low?
Think about your answer and why. Here few snips from the latest Nate Silver Bulletin. I am a…
ISM Services Index Up Slightly But Employment Weakens to Nearly Flat
The ISM services index was essentially unchanged but production and employment weakened with new orders rising. ISM chart…
Small Businesses Reducing Workers for the Last Four Months
– The ADP Employment Report shows the economy added 99,000 jobs in August. That is a considerable slowdown.…
Spotlight on US Treasuries, Where Are Long-Term Bond Yields Headed?
My guess is bond yields are heading much lower between now and September 11. 30-Year US Treasury Long…