…is still 1.648 million, or about 8% below its February peak. Wages of non-managerial workers Average Hourly Earnings for Production and Nonsupervisory Personnel: fell -$0.11 from $24.74 to $24.63, which…

…number, including cases that were never tested, is closer to 33 million, or 1 in 10 Americans)7 day average for last week: 170,032 (down from 249,168 peak on Jan 11)Total…

…For the week ending March 7, there were a total of 1,204 cases, a more than 96% decline from the peak. There were 492 deaths, a 92% decline from peak:…

…that surprised me about the NBER announcement was that I expected them to wait for next week’s GDP report, which will probably show that Q2 set a new all-time peak,…

…again. All of which is of academic interest, except that housing is a very important long leading indicator for the economy. Starts are currently off about 7.5% from their peak,…

…its peak in November 2020, while “real” residential construction spending has declined -15.5% since its post-recession peak in January of this year: While total construction spending declined by more than…

…after its peak right after the second dose.” The sentence I have bolded is Alexander’s interpretation, it is not a quote from the study, although his use of quotation marks…

…about 1.5 months thereafter. I was also in the ballpark very early about the number of daily cases and deaths at peak. Now we are dealing with Omicron. I am…

…measure of consumer health, also increased 0.3% in December, and returned to equal their peak from September: For the past 50+ years, when aggregate real wages have retreated from peak…

…the very worst housing affordability at the peak of the housing bubble. Let’s start with a comparison of existing home sales (blue, reported today for January), new home sales (gray),…