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Coming Shift in Global Economic Power?

The Big Picture

Visualizing the Coming Shift in Global Economic Power (2006-2036p). I never know what to make of these grand extrapolations but submitted for your approval… The post Coming Shift in Global Economic Power? Source: Visual Capitalist. appeared first on The Big Picture.

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Question #2 for 2024: How much will job growth slow in 2024? Or will the economy lose jobs?

Calculated Risk

Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2024. The second table shows the change in construction and manufacturing payrolls starting in 2006. Here are the Ten Economic Questions for 2024 and a few predictions: • Question #2 for 2024: How much will job growth slow in 2024? million to 1.5

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Collapse in Prospective Home Buyer Traffic

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The four largest drops occurred during distinct periods of economic distress: 1990 (recession), 2006-09 (GFC), 2020 (pandemic/recession), and today (FOMC 300 bp rate hike). This brings us to the chart: The one above shows the traffic of prospective buyers looking at a new home (2014- 2022); the one below goes back to the 1980s.

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Question #10 for 2024: Will inventory increase further in 2024?

Calculated Risk

Brief excerpt: Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2024. However, the increase in inventory in late 2005 (see red arrow on graph) helped me call the top for house prices in 2006.Several Today, in the Real Estate Newsletter: Question #10 for 2024: Will inventory increase further in 2024?

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Question #10 for 2023: Will inventory increase further in 2023?

Calculated Risk

Brief excerpt: Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2023. However, the increase in inventory in late 2005 (see red arrow on graph) helped me call the top for house prices in 2006.Several Today, in the Real Estate Newsletter: Question #10 for 2023: Will inventory increase further in 2023?

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10 Monday AM Reads

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Barron’s ) • What China’s economic problems mean for the world : There is a saying that when the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. Unemployment remains near historic lows even after the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes. What’s behind the job market’s resilience—and why it could last.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

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The economic recovery is strong. As the recovery progresses, there’s less and less justification for the drumbeat of negative hot takes and gloomy economic speculation from the media. The economic evidence paints a very different picture. The economic evidence paints a very different picture. In other words, Twitter Inc.