Monthly Archives: April 2012

  it was a fairly busy week in the econo-blogosphere, accented by what should have been an uneventful monthly FOMC (Fed Open Market Committee) meeting & Bernanke press conference, that instead turned viral after an NY times reporter questioned Ben … Continue reading →

except for March retail sales, which came in at what was likely a warm weather induced 0.8% month over month gain, the economic reports this week indicated surprising weakness in several sectors, such that a handful of articles appeared wondering … Continue reading →

it was a fairly slow week for economic news, with the two major monthly releases, consumer prices & the trade defict, both showing moderation…and half the country’s economists were in Berlin at the INET shindig thrown by george soros, so … Continue reading →

  the employment report for March, released this week by the BLS, was worse in its internals than the headline numbers would lead you to believe; the two important metrics, for which we had been seeing progress in over recent … Continue reading →

   the story of the week revolved around the 3 days of supreme court hearings and arguments over the constitutionality of sections of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), often shortened to ACA & more frequently called obamacare; … Continue reading →