Emerging Market Europe and the Rest of the World
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:54The European Union, along with the U.S., is supposed to represent the heart of the developed world. Europe is now an emerging economy, as shown by the following graph from the 5 Min.
Goldman Reversal: Avoid China
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 16:24Six weeks ago, Goldman Sachs Global Economic Paper No: 192 by Jim O'Neill and Anna Stupnytska was published, proclai
Stocks and Commodities in Lock Step
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 11:21A great chart from 5 Min. Forecast raises an interesting question. First the graph:
Gold - Just the Beginning
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 15:15“I have never seen a series like the above end with a whimper or a fizzle,” says the dean of newsletter writers, Richard Russell.
Auto Sales: U.S. and China Driving in Different Directions
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 15:15In 2009, China's auto sales surpassed those of the U.S., reaching 13 million units (cars and light trucks).
Economic Stimulus: Accelerators and Decelerators
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Wed, 12/15/2010 - 13:49The idea is supposed to be to stimulate economic activity. That is supposed to happen if a dollar of stimulus results in more than a dollar of increased economic activity.
China Head of the Class in Terms of Education Accomplishments
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 12:12Sam Dillon writes in The New York Times about the rather astounding news on the education accomplishments of C
Returning to Single Earner Household Prevalence
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 10:00The 5-Min. Forecast has a nice graph illustrating a major economic problem: a declining proportion of the population is working.
QE2 Is Failing: Here's Evidence
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 14:42I know I have seen that QE2 is failing a number of times in the last 24 hours.
The U.S. Needs More Exports - How About Inflation?
Submitted by John Lounsbury on Thu, 11/18/2010 - 17:35There is an interesting project at MIT that measures daily price fluctuations of ~5 million items sold by ~300 million retailers in more than 70 countries.
