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Steven Hansen

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Steven Hansen, Publisher and Co-founder of EconCurrents, is an international business and industrial consultant specializing in turning around troubled business units; consults to governments to optimize process flows; and provides economic indicator analysis based on unadjusted data and process ...more
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July 2014 Personal Income And Expenditures Under Expectations
Friday, August 29, 2014 9:45 AM EDT
It is not really the problem that this noisy data series disappointed this month, but it throws a monkey wrench into the gears of those who believe the economy will be building steam as the year progresses. Consumer spending growth was less than last month - and in a consumer economy...
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23 August 2014 Unemployment Claims Rolling Averages Improved Marginally
Friday, August 29, 2014 4:21 AM EDT
The market was expecting the weekly initial unemployment claims at 295,000 to 303,000 (consensus 300,000) vs the 298,000 reported.
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Kansas City Fed: Manufacturing Growth Slows In August 2014, Under Expectations
Thursday, August 28, 2014 1:09 PM EDT
Of the five regional manufacturing surveys released to date for August, all show manufacturing expansion.
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September 2014 Economic Forecast: Decline In Rate Of Growth But Still Good
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:54 PM EDT
Our September 2014 Economic Forecast continues to show a stable and growing economy – but a slower growth than last month when our Economic Forecast Index was at a 3 year high. All portions of the economy outside our economic model - except housing - are showing expansion.
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Case-Shiller Home Prices June 2014: Price Growth Continues To Slow, Growth Rate Under Expectations
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 2:27 PM EDT
The non-seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) for June 2014 (released today) rate of growth again declined sharply but still shows reasonable year-over-year gain in housing prices.
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Durable Goods Gets Huge Boost From New Aircraft Orders In July 2014
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 10:03 AM EDT
The headlines say the durable goods new orders improved massively in July. Our analysis agrees - but if you exclude civilian aircraft, durable goods were down month-over-month.
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July 2014 CFNAI Super Index: Economy Continues To Expand Above The Trend Rate Of Growth
Monday, August 25, 2014 3:21 PM EDT
The economy was growing faster in July 2014 based on the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) 3 month moving (3MA) average - and the economy continues to expand above the historical trend rate of growth.
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15 August 2014: ECRI's WLI Growth Index Again Declines Marginally
Friday, August 22, 2014 12:58 PM EDT
ECRI's WLI Growth Index moderately declined but remains in positive territory. A positive number predicts economic expansion to come within the next six months. ECRI also updated their coincident and lagging indices.
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16 August 2014 Unemployment Claims Rolling Averages Again Up Marginally
Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:33 AM EDT
The market was expecting the weekly initial unemployment claims at 300,000 to 315,000 (consensus 300,000) vs the 298,000 reported.
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July 2014 Coincident Indicator Review: The Economy's Rate Of Growth Remains Nearly Flat But Relatively Strong
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 12:37 PM EDT
Economic indicators that coincide with economic movements are coincident indicators. Coincident indicators by definition do not provide a forward economic view.
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July 2014 CPI Inflation Again Is Moderate
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 5:36 PM EDT
The July 2014 Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) year-over-year inflation rate was unchanged. Energy prices generally decreased whilst food increased.
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Residential Building Sector In July 2014: Continues To Soften
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:36 AM EDT
Residential building permits in July again was mixed - a glass half full. There is growth, but the rate of growth continues to decelerate.
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08 August 2014: ECRI's WLI Growth Index Again Declines Marginally
Friday, August 15, 2014 3:36 PM EDT
ECRI's WLI Growth Index moderately declined but remains in positive territory. A positive number predicts economic expansion to come within the next six months. ECRI also updated their inflation index.
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July 2014 Industrial Production Growth Strong
Friday, August 15, 2014 1:08 PM EDT
The headlines say seasonally adjusted Industrial Production (IP) improved in July. Econintersect‘s analysis is weaker but showing a constant growth acceleration - with the rolling averages improving.
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August 2014 Empire State Survey Significantly Declines But Still Remains Well Into Expansion Territory
Friday, August 15, 2014 11:39 AM EDT
The Empire State Manufacturing Survey index retreated "significantly", but continues well within in expansion territory in August 2014. Key internals also retreated -but much less than the main index.
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July 2014 Producer Prices Mixed, At Expectations
Friday, August 15, 2014 9:41 AM EDT
The Producer Price Index inflation was mixed - depending whether you look at the month-over-month inflation or the year-over-year inflation. In all events, the intermediate processing shows a moderation of inflation is again coming.
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