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Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 6, 2009 at 10:04 AM EDT

CEO Pessimism Grows, Troubling Employment Outlook

Chief Executive magazine has released its latest CEO Index. We follow this more closely now in order to try to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 5, 2009 at 5:22 AM EDT

Better Late Than Never: Economists Increase Forecasts For Second Half

It has begun to dawn on economists that all of the good news about housing, GDP, and earnings much be…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 4, 2009 at 8:42 AM EDT

Personal Income & Spending Heading the Wrong Way

The Commerce Department has just released its data on Personal Income and Spending for the month of June. Income came…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM EDT

ISM.. 1,000 S&P… 2,000 NASDAQ

The Institute for Supply Management has shown that the manufacturing activity came in with a reduced rate of contraction for…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 31, 2009 at 8:42 AM EDT

Q2 GDP Masks The Real Woes

We already knew GDP was coming out and that it was going to be bad. At least it was not…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 31, 2009 at 5:51 AM EDT

Deflation Emerges With Force

The Fed has stated that it is not worried that low interest rates and an economic recovery will cause inflation.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 30, 2009 at 5:14 AM EDT

This Recession Is Over

No one wants to say the recession is over. It would be bad luck. The minute a prominent economist or…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 28, 2009 at 10:11 AM EDT

Consumer Confidence Heads The Wrong Way

The Conference Board’s reading on consumer confidence 46.6 for July, down from an unrevised figure of 49.3 in June. Bloomberg…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 28, 2009 at 5:00 AM EDT

The Era Of Layoffs Gets Renewed Vigor

Analysts have hoped that the rate at which Americans become unemployed will slow in the second half of 2009. There has…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 28, 2009 at 4:33 AM EDT

Why The Public Hates The Fed

The idea of Fed chairman Bernanke at a town hall meeting being covered by PBS made some Washington observers shudder.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 27, 2009 at 5:12 AM EDT

Bernanke TV

For reasons that will probably always remain a mystery to the broader public, Fed chair Bernanke went to Kansas City…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 24, 2009 at 10:58 AM EDT

Trading The Minimum Wage For Inflation

The federal minimum wage gets a boost to $7.25 an hour today, a move that may hurt the low-wage earners…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 24, 2009 at 3:56 AM EDT

Dow 14,000

The media made a big deal of the fact that the DJIA rose above 9,000 for the first time in…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 20, 2009 at 9:11 AM EDT

Some Green Shoots In Leading Indicators

Leading Economic Indicators from the Conference Board is a bit of a misnomer, mainly because by the time the report…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 17, 2009 at 4:13 AM EDT

Roubini Is Always Right

Celebrities cannot be misquoted. They have been in the public spotlight for too long. Anything that they say is just…

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CEO Pessimism Grows, Troubling Employment Outlook

Better Late Than Never: Economists Increase Forecasts For Second Half

Personal Income & Spending Heading the Wrong Way

ISM.. 1,000 S&P… 2,000 NASDAQ

Q2 GDP Masks The Real Woes

Deflation Emerges With Force

This Recession Is Over

Consumer Confidence Heads The Wrong Way

The Era Of Layoffs Gets Renewed Vigor

Why The Public Hates The Fed

Bernanke TV

Trading The Minimum Wage For Inflation

Dow 14,000

Some Green Shoots In Leading Indicators

Roubini Is Always Right

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Economy Articles

All Economy Articles

CEO Pessimism Grows, Troubling Employment Outlook

Better Late Than Never: Economists Increase Forecasts For Second Half

Personal Income & Spending Heading the Wrong Way

ISM.. 1,000 S&P… 2,000 NASDAQ

Q2 GDP Masks The Real Woes

Deflation Emerges With Force

This Recession Is Over

Consumer Confidence Heads The Wrong Way

The Era Of Layoffs Gets Renewed Vigor

Why The Public Hates The Fed

Bernanke TV

Trading The Minimum Wage For Inflation

Dow 14,000

Some Green Shoots In Leading Indicators

Roubini Is Always Right

Should You Dump Bitcoin for Stocks After the S&P 500 Hit a New Record on Apple’s $100 Billion Buyback?

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