Tag Archive 'Economic Indicators'

Animated Unemployment

A very cool animated Graphic showing the change in unemployment over the last two years.
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Green Shoots and Brown Weeds

We conducted our first webcast last week, an update on the housing market, unemployment and the economy. We had a couple of technical issues which were a bit distracting, and we need a new microphone, but all in all a fair overview of the economy which was well received by those who attended. The webcast [...]

Consumer Spending is Ugly

While spending increased in March by 1.8% over a year ago, adjusted for inflation it was way down. The only reason sales were positive was gasoline, though food sales were positive. Even there, that is mostly due to inflation and rising prices of food and staples.