In the past I would list articles for Sunday reads which I thought might be interesting for Angry Bear readers. I believe these might be such. Just supplying a sentence or two for each article to pique your interest. Angry Bear gets no monetary reward for doing this. We just try to interest our readers. […]
My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha – by New Deal democrat The trends in the high frequency data that became apparent after last summer have continued, and if anything are intensifying. In particular, a real surge in commodity prices and somewhat in a mirror image, the US$ decline which is beginning to […]
John Amato at Crooks and Liars The “18 Trillion Dollar Lie Should Have Trump Kicked Out of Office” During Pres. Biden’s administration, any mispronunciation or slip up was cause for a meltdown in the right-wing media that transitioned and bubbled up into the mainstream media on almost a weekly basis. However, President Biden never exaggerated, […]
AB: Let’s be clear. We are dealing with a person who has lost touch with reality. His regard is only for himself. Plain and simple. Kareem looks to all as having made a mistake. Those who voted, voted for what they thought was a sound selection of who should lead. I would like to think […]
What is happening down in Arizona? These businesses will be giving up Friday’s revenue by shutting down a day in protest of the government’s actions and the killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by Federal authorities. ~~~~~~~ “Local businesses closing Friday (January 31, 2026) to protest ICE raids,” The Copper Courier Fair Trade Cafe in […]
– by New Deal democrat To briefly reiterate, although the government shutdown ended over two months ago, much of the official monthly data – including on sales and spending – is stale, dating to November and even earlier. So the most current measures of these are the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports, due next week, and […]
What is going on within companies when they find their sales decreasing??? Some graphics, occurrences, and facts to explain what may be going on today. Layoff numbers . . . Graphics taken from “intellizence.” Additional numeric can be found at the “intellizence” site. Click on the link in the company name. There is a broader […]
– by New Deal democrat Let’s take our normal weekly look at jobless claims. As a general reminder, these are a good high frequency short leading indicator for the economy as a whole, and also somewhat noisily for the monthly unemployment rate. In the past several months, I have highlighted what appears to be a “regime […]
In case you have not noticed Vice President of Federal Tax Policy, Tax Foundation; Ms. Erica York has been appearing on Angry Bear. Ms. York has been offering up commentaries on Angry Bear. Her closing comment to each post has been: “As always, I’m here if you’d like to chat further!” Well, so far no […]
It is no surprise to see it still decreasing. It would still be decreasing with a different president too. Much of my experience has been spent in helping companies with the use of flow through analysis of manufacturing and materials. When I read this short piece, it was no surprise that it has not improved. […]