02-12-2019, 04:26 AM
(02-07-2019, 05:00 AM)Galen Wrote:(02-06-2019, 11:50 AM)Hintergrund Wrote: And meanwhile the stock market has recovered pretty well. Find some better explanation.
Maybe that have but it seems to me that this is a bear market rally. There are plenty of signs that the economy is in recession or about to be in recession. Truck orders falling off is a big clue that something isn't quite right. I will leave it as an exercise for the reader to find the others.
Average weekly hours (manufacturing)
Average weekly jobless claims for unemployment insurance
Manufacturers' new orders for consumer goods/materials
Vendor performance (slower deliveries diffusion index)
[b]Manufacturers' new orders for non-defense capital goods[/b]
Building permits
[b]Stock prices of 500 common stocks[/b]
[b][b]Money Supply (M2)[/b][/b]
[b][b]Interest rate spread[/b][/b]
[b][b]Index of consumer expectations[/b][/b]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_i...Indicators
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