– by New Deal democrat [I was busy doing my civic duty the past few days. I’ll have something to say about the election at some point later, but not now.] Yesterday the ISM services report came in very strong for the second month in a row, with the headline at 56.0 and the more […]
Monthly Construction Spending, September 2024, Census Bureau Construction spending estimates are comprised of estimates based on mail-out/mail-back and interview surveys of selected construction projects and building owners, and estimates developed or compiled from other Census Bureau, federal agency, and private data sources. Total ConstructionConstruction spending during September 2024 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual […]
Census Bureau monthly report which I broke out a bit differently to make it an easier read or maybe not? I do like inventories being down. Monthly Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders. – Press Release The purpose of the Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey is to provide broad-based monthly statistical […]
I can not give you charts or graphs in this commentary. However, it is a good read and I hope you take the time to read it. The story reminds me of a factory where I consulted, in the city of Bryan Ohio. Bryan was a neat little town with its Town Hall and County […]
There is more to this report on Labor than what I am presenting here. Consulting to manufacturing gave me an excellent background on the costs of Labor as compared to Overhead and Materials. Whacking Labor does not gain business much in return and will lead to inefficiency in manufacture and delivering a timely product. If […]
ICE Mortgage Monitor: “Annual home price growth cooled for the seventh consecutive month” – by Bill McBride Calculated Risk Newsletter Here is the ICE November Mortgage Monitor report (pdf). Press Release: ICE Mortgage Monitor: Record Levels of Tappable Equity, Fed Rate Cuts Could Spur Resurgence in Home Equity Withdrawals Mortgage Delinquencies Increased in September Here is a graph […]
When alcoholic beverages were illegal in America, drinking didn’t stop. Alcohol smuggling just became lucrative for criminal gangs. Drugs like cocaine and heroin have been illegal for decades. Consumption of cocaine and heroin didn’t stop; smuggling of these drugs just became lucrative for criminal gangs. Making undocumented migration illegal and militarizing the Mexican border didn’t […]
The Wall Street Journal to which I subscribe to. Author is Jesse Newman. A good read in presenting the problem. The price of a bag of coconut-cashew granola at Whole Foods jumped last year from $5.99 to $6.69. Why that happened defies simple explanation. This is not unusual for a part of a Grocery Bill. […]
Angry Bear posted content on the lowest-wage workers or the lowest 10-percentile of labor having the greatest increase in wages. We used EPI charts Maybe the same two charts can show the same impact here on this commentary. These two charts will show the increase in wage for the lowest 10% of wage earners and […]
I was nosey . . . First a Chart. more charts and then the verbiage . . . Thanks to Strategic Exit for giving me a foundation. There are more informational stats at YouGov Survey: “Political Violence and Extremism.” I was curious, YouGov depicts themselves as an international online research data and analytics technology group. […]