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In the past three weeks, three “Commentaries” have been
published. Although these are available in full only
to paid SGS-Subscribers, we summarize their key “bullet
point” here for your interest.No. 250: General Outlook and Trade Data Update
—————————————————— October 9th, 2009– Bernanke Pushes Monetary-Base Panic Button
– M3 Headed for Still Weaker Growth
– Substance Behind U.S. Dollar Concerns and Gold Rally
– FY2009 Government Obligations Likely Hit $75 Trillion
– Trade Deterioration Should Be Minor Drag on 3q09 GDP
– Economic and Solvency Crises Continue, Inflation Risk Ahead
No. 251: General Outlook, CPI and Retail Sales
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October 15th, 2009
– September Annual Inflation -1.3% (CPI-U), 6.1% (SGS)
– CPI-U Inflation Spike Due by Year-End
– No Recovery: September Real Retail Sales Continued
Bottom-Bouncing at Low-Level Plateau
– 10 Years of Retail Sales Growth GonePLEASE ALSO NOTE: Small summary chart of Retail Sales
levels is available on our home page, http://www.shadowstats.com (Lower right-hand side)No. 252: General Outlook, Housing, Production and PPI
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October 20th, 2009– Key Indicators Continue Bottom-Bouncing at Low-Level
Plateaus of Business Activity
– 10 Years of Production Growth Has Evaporated,
All Post-World War II Housing Growth Is Gone
– Positive Quarterly 3rd-Qtr GDP Growth Would Not Mean
Recession’s End
– PPI Annual Inflation Should Turn Positive by Year-EndPLEASE ALSO NOTE: Small summary chart of the Industrial Production index is available on our home page, http://www.shadowstats.com (Lower right-hand side)
Alternate Data
—————-The following three data series were also updated.
CPI, Money Supply, US Dollar Index
Charts of these can be viewed at:
http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data
and
http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/money-supply
(for more Money Supply charts)Thank you for your interest in ShadowStats.com
Kind regards,
The ShadowStats Team
And this on Thursday Oct. 29, 2009:
Recession Is Not Over
– Quarterly GDP Growth Is Not Sustainable, with 92% of Growth in Nonrecurring Factors
– Annual GDP Down 2.3% (5.7% SGS) (Different than up 3.5%, isn’t it?)
– 4th-Quarter GDP Should Resume Quarter-to-Quarter Decline
– Durables Goods Orders at 1997 Level
– Help-Wanted Adverting at New 58-Year Low
Side musing: 9 banks down yesterday. Is your cash protected? Spread your cash for personal and business spread over at least 2-3 banks.