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Slowing U.S. Economy, State by State

The Big Picture

Note: I have been occasionally eyeballing this map since 2008 , and it does a good job of showing the overall trend of the economy (on an obvious lag). The economy is mixed to good, with 2/3rd of states expanding and 1/3rd of states slowing; Dropping from +96 to -22 is a substantial decrease, regardless of the high GDP print last Q.

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Tuesday links: looking average

Abnormal Returns

redfin.com) Household mortgage debt as a percentage of GDP has been dropping since 2008. ft.com) Economy How's the consumer doing? newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media How is India's economy doing? (wsj.com) Housing Baby boomers are holding onto their large houses. Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter.

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Can Economists Predict Recessions?

The Big Picture

economy in the next quarter, according to the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Kidding aside, Tim Harford reminds us that “In 2008, the consensus from forecasters was that not a single economy would fall into recession in 2009.” ” Why? .”

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Coincident State Indexes (October 2022)

The Big Picture

The economy is slowing, and some states are doing great, some okay, some less so. Coincident Index by States (May 22, 2008). The specifics are noteworthy: -Over the past month, the indexes increased in 20 states, decreased in 22 states, and remained stable in eight, making a one-month diffusion index of -4.

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MiB: Edward Chancellor on the Real Story of Interest 

The Big Picture

In 2008, he received the George Polk Award for financial reporting. Chancellor notes “Interest rates are the most important signal in a market-based economy and the universal price affecting all others.” This week, we speak with financial historian Edward Chancellor. Rates reflect the price of time, which is scarce and has value.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

If anything, it feels like the Fed wants to fight us, all of us, including the stock market and the economy. The Fed is actively trying to crash the stock market, break the housing market and push the economy into a recession. That’s not the case anymore. How do I know this? Wealth of Common Sense ). • Wealth of Common Sense ). •

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4th Quarter 2023 Economic And Market Outlook: Labor Market, Inflation, And Geopolitics

Nerd's Eye View

The sentiment is especially poignant when it comes to economic forecasting, as it's nearly impossible to get an accurate picture of the current state of the economy at any given moment. As a result, uncertainty about how the economy may unfold, even along the shortest time frames, is the default.

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