AAR: Rail Traffic “mixed” in December
From the Association of American Railroads (AAR): AAR Reports Mixed Annual and Monthly Traffic for December The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported mixed...
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Friday: Employment Report
The key report of the week will be released Friday morning: the December Employment Report. The consensus (see below) increased today based on the better...
Thursday: ADP Employment, Unemployment Claims, FOMC Minutes, Auto Sales
Thursday economic releases: • At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the mortgage purchase and refinance applications index. • At 8:15...
Update on “Fiscal Cliff” Negotiations
According to this report, income taxes would only increase on earnings over $450,000, and the estate tax would be at the GOP requested level. Still...
Sunday Night Futures
Sunday Night Futures by Bill McBride on 12/30/2012 08:52:00 PM As expected - no progress on the "fiscal cliff". From the WaPo: Senate negotiators search...
“Fiscal Cliff” Update
Not much ... from... WaPo: Senators trade proposals into night to avoid ‘fiscal cliff’ Senate negotiators labored late into Saturday over a last-ditch plan to...
Schedule for Week of Dec 30th
Schedule for Week of Dec 30th by Bill McBride on 12/29/2012 01:11:00 PM Earlier: • Summary for Week Ending Dec 28th The key report next week...
Summary for Week ending Dec 28th
It was a light holiday week for economic data. Happy Holidays to all! New home sales increased to 377,000 in November and are on pace to...
Update on Fiscal Cliff
From a Goldman Sachs research note today: Q: Where do things stand now? A: Talks have resumed, but as of this writing there is no...
The Bubble in “Cliffs”
Just an observation ... I think we are seeing a "bubble" in "cliffs" ... From CNBC: Milk Futures Showing No Sign of 'Dairy Cliff' From...