by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt HEALTH CARE: The Durable Medical Equipment (DME) mess So you go to an orthopedic surgeon with a complaint of back pain, and the surgeon orders…

…do matter for protection from COVID-19. Together with the innate immune response, they represent the frontline response in a viral challenge. But often forgotten in the durable immunity response are…

…viral challenge. Often forgotten in the durable immunity response are the memory B- and T-cells. The assays for their activities are much harder to monitor. Ultimately, this part of the…

…is authority for the fact that spending on durable goods usually cools risk before spending on non-durable goods. In June, the former declined -0.5%, while the latter rose 0.4%: Real…

…authority for the fact that spending on durable goods usually turns down before spending on non-durable goods. In July, this rose 0.9%, but the absolute level remained below that of…

…vehicles, furniture and durable household equipment . . . at the same time, real consumption of nondurable goods by individuals grew at a 0.4% annual rate, revised from the 0.8%…

…Goods, and a 46+ year Record for Prices of Intermediate Goods, RJS, MarketWatch 666 The seasonally adjusted Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand rose 0.8% in November, as prices for finished…

…second quarter of 2023. Nondurable Goods Manufacturers Nondurable goods manufacturers’ seasonally adjusted after-tax profits in the second quarter of 2024 totaled $92.8 billion, up $14.2 (±1.2) billion from the after-tax…

…goods usually cools risk before spending on non-durable goods. In July, this rose 2.0%, but the absolute level remained below that of March and April, as well as last December:…

…accounted for more than two-thirds of the quarter’s growth in durable goods….on the other hand, real consumption of nondurable goods by individuals shrunk at a 3.7% annual rate, the same…