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Throwing Out Theorems
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on May 10th, 2018Long ago I was told the tale of an ancient shaman who, approached by a woman who seemed incapable of bearing a child, suggested she sleep with her husband on a lion’s hide. Lo and behold she gave birth shortly thereafter to a son. A curious friend who also was barren asked her what caused the miracle. Thereupon she too visited the shaman, was given a tiger’s hide,
Limits
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on April 26th, 2018February 2018 Income and Outlays
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on April 11th, 2018February 2018 Industrial Production
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 26th, 2018America’s output of physically made goods improved in February 2018 according to the Federal Reserve. Rising 1.1 percent, Industrial Production made up for all the downwardly revised decline of 0.3 percent (originally minus 0.1 percent) in January. Year-over-year, this cyclically sensitive indicator increased 4.4 percent.
February 2018 Industrial Production
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 26th, 2018America’s output of physically made goods improved in February 2018 according to the Federal Reserve. Rising 1.1 percent, Industrial Production made up for all the downwardly revised decline of 0.3 percent (originally minus 0.1 percent) in January. Year-over-year, this cyclically sensitive indicator increased 4.4 percent.
Rates
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 22nd, 2018America’s central bank increased the overnight interest rate (called the Fed Funds Rate) on Wednesday. This is the Federal Reserve’s sixth hike since they began raising rates in December 2015. At the time, Janet Yellen led the institution; four subsequent increases happened under her watch. On February 5, 2018, Jerome Powell assumed the office, and he now has his f
January 2018 Consumer Price Index
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on February 21st, 2018Hints of inflation are wafting through the economy per data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their widely-watched Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped 0.5 percent to start this year. January’s year-over-year statistic posted 2.1 percent, matching December’s tally. Core-CPI (excluding food and energy) managed an uptick of 0.3 percent to start 2018, and its year-ove
December 2017 Income and Outlays
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on February 5th, 2018Personal income and spending each improved to end 2017, but their rates of change were different. Americans’ pay managed to grow just 0.3 percent while outlays increased 0.5 percent. Additionally, there was a key revision to the prior period’s tally as outlays actually increased 0.8 percent (originally 0.6 percent), but November’s income tally remained as initially
December 2017 Industrial Production
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on January 24th, 2018America’s output of physically made goods improved 0.9 percent in December 2017 according to the Industrial Production figures from the Federal Reserve. This strong uptick followed the downwardly revised count of 0.1 percent in November (originally up 0.2 percent). Versus twelve months earlier, this indicator is 3.6 percent higher.