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Chart Of The Day – 5.2% Household Income Gain Vs. Reality
The US Census Bureau said yesterday that annual household income rose 5.2% in 2015. Compare that with the gain in BLS reported average weekly earnings through August 2016.
Median Household Income Rose 5.2%! Yeah, That’s The Ticket
Median household income was $56,516 in 2015, a 5.2 percent increase from the 2014 median in real terms, but 1.6 percent lower than the median in 2007, the year before the most recent recession.
Lower August Tax Collections Suggest US Near Recession, Fed To Delay Again
The August slowing of real time withholding tax collections is in a cycle that should bottom this month. A break below current levels would signal a turn in the trend of the economy toward negative growth.
Current Housing Bubble Varies By Metro
The Case Shiller home sales price indexes (CSI) overweight the sales of old houses and bank REO sales. The CSI indexes do not count sales of newer homes in good condition.
City Of Big Bubbles Chicago Shows Case Shiller Has A Problem
The flaws in the Case Shiller Index national data are bad enough. But Case Shiller’s worst features become most glaring in the metro market data.
Let The Viewer Beware – Case Shiller Lags And Understates The Bubble
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 5.1% annual gain in June, unchanged from last month.
Ridiculous Headlines Say Surging Consumer Spending To Drive U.S. Economic Growth
The BEA reported today that Personal Income rose and Consumer spending rose in July. The headline numbers were +0.4% and +0.3% respectively. These are seasonally adjusted month to month % gains. The numbers were also revised up for May and June.
Here’s Why B Of A’s Chart Of Fast Growing Low Wages Is BS
If low wage jobs are showing material gains versus high wage jobs, it’s not apparent in the big picture.
Wall Street Journal Regurgitates Misleading Government Data On Durable Goods
The Wall Street Journal today dutifully reported that U.S. Durable-Goods Orders rebounded in July, jumping 4.4%. However, the actual, not seasonally adjusted data tells another story.
Here’s Why Existing Home Sales Are In Unsustainable Path
The NAR reported a decline of 3.2% in existing home sales in July. This was the seasonally adjusted fudgepack number.
Buy When There’s Blood In The Streets – Part 2 Of Not The Best Time In History To Invest In Real Estate
This market is now 7 years off its low. The last housing bubble lasted about that long from its base to its high. This does not look like a great entry point, and is clearly not the best ever.
Not The Best Time In History To Invest In Real Estate – Part 1
I’m not a real estate investor. I own two homes free and clear, neither of which is much of an investment. I feel reasonably certain that this is one of the worst times that I have ever lived through to “invest” in real estate.
Is Oil “Bull” For Real?
Less than two weeks after the declaration of an “official” bear market in crude, we now have an official bull market. Apparently, major trends move with lightning speed these days.
The Economy Will Fluctuate
Lest we get too bearish on the US economy in the short run, it pays to remember that even though the Fed has outlawed the business cycle, "the economy will fluctuate."
Yes, We Do Have Inflation, We Do Have Inflation Today
In conjunction with the record highs in stock prices, the CPI data released today continues to show that ZIRP suppresses consumer goods inflation while inflating asset prices.
Real Time Tax Withholding Data Warns In Advance On Economic Releases
In the Federal Revenue reports, I consider and analyze a variety of Federal Taxes which the US Treasury collects and reports in real time.
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