Weekly Update for January 31, 2011
January 31, 2011 by Pete Mitchell
Filed under All Posts, Weekly Updates
The preliminary estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis certainly beats the +2.6% mark from 3Q 2010. A deeper look into the BEA report reveals both personal consumption and nonresidential fixed investment improving by a healthy 4.4% last quarter; inventory accumulation slowed as well.1
When Will Jobs And Housing Improve?
January 28, 2011 by Pete Mitchell
Filed under All Posts, Government Programs, Other Market Info
What will it take for the housing market and employment to really improve? It really boils down to the two greatest economic factors of all: supply and demand. What needs to happen in the labor market? Ideally, a swift rise in consumer demand for goods and services in 2011 spurs businesses to hire, with no [...]
