by Bill Sweet One thing that you rarely hear mentioned in the media is the incredible size and resiliency of the United States econom...
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Showing posts with label Economy. Show all posts
The Power of Youth
by Bill Sweet Photos by The Photo News I had the honor of speaking with the graduating class of the George F. Baker High School he...
US Economy Actually Expanding, Robustly, Even
by Bill Sweet The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and The Guardian reported this week that US economic growth ...
US Federal Deficit Returns To Pre-Recession Levels
by Bill Sweet The Congressional Budget Office published an estimate for the finances of the Federal Government earlier this week. It sh...
Durable Goods Orders Hit All-Time High
by Bill Sweet The most interesting economic news this week: new durable goods orders spiked almost 23% in the month of July to an all...
US Industrial Production Has Been Rather Impressive
by Bill Sweet Industrial production - a measure of the output of manufacturing, mining, and electric/gas utilities - here in the US h...
The Most Common Age in the US is Far Younger Than You Think
by Bill Sweet Just a really quick look this morning at what the US population distribution looks like at the moment (well, as of abou...
Investment Managers Are Gloomy, and That's Probably Good News
by Bill Sweet Since investing is largely a behavioral activity - how you make investment decisions is a large factor to determining...
Commercial Loans Accelerate in 2014
by Bill Sweet After declining steadily for the 18 months ending 12/31/13, commercial credit - the sum of all loans and leases in the ...
Auto and Truck Sales Quite Strong
by Bill Sweet The US Department of Commerce / Bureau of Economic Analysis reported yesterday that about 1.6 million motor vehicles were...
Economic Update
by Bill Sweet One of the early lessons that most students of finance (should) learn is that the economy is not the stock market, and th...
More Adult Diapers Are Sold in Japan Than Baby Diapers
by Bill Sweet I was listening to an interview with an investment manager (I think it was Jeff Gundlach) over the weekend and was remi...
The US Economy and the Incredible Shrinking Budget Deficit
by Bill Sweet The most important asset that the United States has is our incredibly productive economy. Our ability to produce and inn...
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