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5 Unusual Economic Indicators That Can Tell You About the Economy

Trade Brains

Unusual Economic Indicators : You might have heard about indicators like the Big Mac Index (if you haven’t, you can read our previous article). However, there are many other lesser-known indicators that can actually provide valuable insights and are helpful for the economy. Most Unusual Economic Indicators 1. What is it?

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US Composite PMI Suggests the Economy is On the Verge of Recession

Mish Talk

The overall fall in activity was the second-fastest since May 2020 as inflation, rising borrowing costs and economic uncertainty weighed on demand. With the exception of the early stages of the pandemic, the decrease in total new sales was the sharpest since 2009.

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Friday links: troubling economic effects

Abnormal Returns

theatlantic.com) Cold drinks make up some 75% of Starbucks ($SBUX) sales. map.simonsarris.com) Economy The July NFP report showed a 187k jump in jobs and a 3.5% bonddad.blogspot.com) The American economy is normalizing. economy has reached a new, post-pandemic phase. Hence the Hollywood strikes. unemployment rate.

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Indicators suggest economy is still running hot: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook

Nationwide Financial

Additionally, retail sales kicked off the year with a large jump, suggesting the very tight labor market and solid income growth is supporting more-than-healthy consumer activity. Retail sales surge Retail sales experienced rarely-seen growth in January after declining in four of the previous six months. percent in January.

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Leading indicators and weak corporate earnings reflect a slowing economy: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook

Nationwide Financial

The latest batch of economic data continue to signal that a recession is on the horizon — we still foresee a downturn unfolding in the second half of the year. The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index (LEI) posted its 12th straight monthly decline, falling to its lowest level since November 2020. from a year ago. jump in February.

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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. Some of these questions concern real estate (inventory, house prices, housing starts, new home sales), and I’ll post thoughts on those in the newsletter (others like GDP and employment will be on this blog). Or will the economy lose jobs?

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Weaker consumer demand helping to cool inflation: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook

Nationwide Financial

March’s cooler CPI data provided further evidence that price pressures are fading in many pockets of the economy. Retail sales dropped in March for the fourth time in the past five months. As existing homes sales for March mainly represent contracts signed during February, we expect a modest decline to an annualized pace of 4.5