What we’re reading, it ain’t a pretty picture…
- Housing data disasterous, durable orders equally so, as they seem to correlate very well with employment..
- Rosenberg (the one who noticed the correlation between durables and employment): this is a depression, not a recession
- Another clueless “economist” predicting inflation
As to the latter: money creation (through the QE program by the Fed) will only result in higher prices if the money created enters the economy (and even then there is a large buffer in excess capacity). This happens only if bank credit increases. Instead, it’s falling, as credit demand is very weak.
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1 kencooksam // Aug 25, 2010 at 11:11 pm
The world stopped with Europe.Including the US.The data coming out now is from the Europe scare period.
US companies are doing well.Lots of cash and good earnings.
I think when later data emerges the economy will appear much better.
Example see Toll Bros earnings today.High end homes are selling.First profit in 3 years this quarter.