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Steven Hansen

Managing Partner at Econintersect LLC
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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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9 May 2015 Initial Unemployment Claims Rolling Averages Again Improves
Thursday, May 14, 2015 3:56 PM EDT
Lowest level for Initial Claims since April 2000 The market was expecting the weekly initial unemployment claims at 265,000 to 280,000 (consensus 276,000) vs the 264,000 reported.
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Rail Week Ending 09 May 2015: Data Still Not Pretty. Rail Softness Continues
Thursday, May 14, 2015 11:09 AM EDT
Week 18 of 2015 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) declined according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data.
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Import And Export Price Year-Over-Year Deflation Continues In April 2015. Much Less Deflation Was Expected By The Markets
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 5:07 PM EDT
Global trade prices continue to deflate year-over-year. Import prices are down 10.7% from a year ago, while export prices are down 6.3%. The market was expecting much less deflation.
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March 2015 Business Inventories And Sales Improve
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 1:49 PM EDT
Unadjusted sales rate of growth accelerated 1.1% month-over-month, and down 0.8% year-over-year.
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Retail Sales Continue To Slow In April 2015. Inflation Adjusted Sales Are OK
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 10:37 AM EDT
Retail sales were unchanged according to US Census headline data and was below expectations. We see a continued slowing of retail sales.
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April 2015 Small Business Optimism Strengthens But Remains Below Historical Average
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 10:08 AM EDT
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)'s optimism index rose from 95.2 to 96.9. The market was expecting the index between 93.5 to 96.5 with consensus at 96.0.
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Crediting Our Way Out Of GDP Growth
Saturday, May 9, 2015 11:23 AM EDT
This continues to be the "defect" in modern monetary theory - low interest rates once installed cannot be removed without economic growth consequences.
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April 2015 Consumer Credit Rate Of Growth Accelerated. Ratio Of Total Consumer Loans Outstanding To Consumer Spending Remains Near Historic Highs
Friday, May 8, 2015 5:44 AM EDT
Consumer credit growth did accelerate moderately in March 2015. Again this month, student loans are not distorting analysis of consumer credit growth.
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Rail Week Ending 02 May 2015: Data Improves But It Is Still Not Pretty. Month Of April 2015 Rail Movements Contracted
Thursday, May 7, 2015 10:09 AM EDT
Week 17 of 2015 shows same week total rail traffic insignificantly improved according to the Association of American Railroads traffic data.
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March 2015 CoreLogic Home Prices Year-Over-Year Growth Rate Now 5.9%. Home Price Growth Is Accelerating
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:46 PM EDT
CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI) shows that home prices in the USA are up 5.6% year-over-year year-over-year (reported up 2.0% month-over-month).
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April 2015 ISM Services Index Improved. Important Internals Improved More
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 11:13 AM EDT
The ISM non-manufacturing (aka ISM Services) index continues its growth cycle, and improved marginally from 56.5 to 57.8 (above 50 signals expansion).
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March 2015 Manufacturing Presents A Mixed Picture. Rolling Averages Marginally Improve
Monday, May 4, 2015 12:03 PM EDT
US Census says manufacturing new orders improved. Our analysis agrees. Consider that this data is noisy - and the rolling averages (which include transport) remain in contraction territory.
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Slow But Steady Recovery For New Home Sales
Saturday, May 2, 2015 2:52 PM EDT
In 1Q2006, residential construction comprised 6.6% of GDP - and is now recovering but at only 3.3% of GDP. Simply put, 3% of GDP has disappeared directly due to the slower growth rate of residential construction.
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March 2015 Pending Home Sales Index Again Improves
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 2:37 PM EDT
The National Association of Realtors seasonally adjusted pending home sales index again improved and remains deeply in expansion.
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April 2015 Texas Manufacturing Survey Manufacturing Activity Weakens Again
Monday, April 27, 2015 3:24 PM EDT
Of the four Federal Reserve districts which have released their April manufacturing surveys - one forecasts weak growth and three are in contraction. A complete summary follows.
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May 2015 Economic Forecast: Slower Growth Continues With Confirming Evidence Of Economic Weakness
Monday, April 27, 2015 11:38 AM EDT
Economic Index is indicating growth will continue to be soft in May. The tracked sectors of the economy are relatively soft with most expanding but some contracting.
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