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April 29
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BEST OF MOMENTUM |
Consumer spending highlights. |
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April 26
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SOME INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS |
Home Prices via Sales Look Weak; Home Remodeling Outlook Depends on Your Source; Will Part-Time Workers be Eligible for Unemployment?; Households Continue to Age; Out of Pocket Health Care via CES Soaring; CES Confirms Upper Income Spending Bias |
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April 13
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THE FINE LINE BETWEEN 'NOT WILLING' AND 'NOT ABLE' |
Retail Sales Hit Hard by Slowing Vehicles & Low Energy Prices; Discretionary Retail Sales Growing, but How Much + From Weather?; Withheld Income Taxes Slowing; Regional Employment Trends; Debt Payments - Hot, Cold or Just Rigjt? Consumer Sees Some Higher Prices |
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April 1
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BEWARE THE JOB DATA; MAYBE SOME POSITIVES EVOLVING |
Good Job Gains & Hourly Earnings, but Declining Workweek is Slowing Wage Gains; 30% of Job Gains are Retail -- Fewer Hours Probably ACA Adjustment; Government Job Growth Resumes; Sentiment Bottomed for Now? The Young See Jobs + vs. Year Ago as Older Workers Stay. Good for Spending Potential; Young Also Want to Borrow |
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