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- Second Half Growth: Coming on Strong
- The Good News Economist submits: Back in mid-July, Intel INTC gave us the first glimpses of a stronger than expected Q3. They made it clear then that Q3 growth would be anything but lackluster. On Friday they underscored that assertion by further raising their Q3 outlook. Now it's likely...
- External links 2009-08-30
- Another Dozen Housing Markets Improve
- The Good News Economist submits: Back in June we pointed out a dozen housing markets that were showing pricing improvement. This week revealed a dozen more. A jump in the national S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index further clarifies that the price drops of the past few years are now...
- External links 2009-08-28
- Pending Home Sales: Longest String of Monthly Gains in Six years
- The Good News Economist submits: On Tuesday, the National Association of Realtors announced that the pending home sales index for June jumped 3.6 percent. The gain is the fifth such monthly gain in a row and represents the longest string of surges in six years! Year-over-year comparisons also now...
- External links 2009-08-05
- New Home Sales Jump as Supply Plummets; Prices Bounce Higher
- The Good News Economist submits: New home sales added to our run of good news in the housing market on Monday. Sales jumped 11.0 percent in June to an annual rate of 384,000 and the highest rate this year -- well above any economists' estimates. In fact the month-to-month...
- External links 2009-07-28
- Clunkermania: Obama's Cars Act Off to a Good Start
- The Good News Economist submits: In June, President Obama signed the Cars Act. It makes $1 billion available for Americans that trade their fuel inefficient vehicles for brand new, greener ones.Some dealerships have accepted cars in the program since July 1. However, most dealers were waiting for Friday in...
- External links 2009-07-26
- Taxpayers Earn 23% Return on Goldman TARP Investment
- The Good News Economist submits: Federal taxpayers received a 23% annualized return on their investment in Goldman Sachs GS. On Wednesday Goldman announced that calculation by combining the interest it paid before repaying the Treasury’s $10 billion principal loan with the warrant buyback payments it made this week. Goldman...
- External links 2009-07-23
- Lackluster Recovery? Not According to Intel
- The Good News Economist submits: Many economists have claimed that as recovery begins in the current economic cycle that the rebound will be lifeless. However several economists andindices argue that many times deeper than average recessions are followed by a significant economic rebounds. by The Good News Economist
- External links 2009-07-15
- U.S. Economic Growth Rate Now Likely Near 3.7% Annually
- The Good News Economist submits: We've continued to point to the ISM Manufacturing Index as a superb indicator of what is occurring in the overall US economy. In addition to reporting the manufacturing sector conditions, the ISM's PMI index has an impressive track record in GDP growth correlation. A...
- External links 2009-09-02
- Newton's Third Law: DJIA Poised for Epic Rise?
- The Good News Economist submits: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Newton's statement implies that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting systems. The size of the forces on the first system equals the size of...
- External links 2009-09-15
- Foreclosure Rates Continue Their Steady Decline
- The Good News Economist submits: In October the number of U.S. properties for which a foreclosure filing was received declined for the third month sequentially according to a RealtyTrac report released on Wednesday. The report is a further indication that foreclosures are beginning to subside and that the...
- External links 2009-11-12
- Local Media Agrees: U.S. Housing Outlook Improves
- The Good News Economist submits: Sales of previously owned homes rose across the country during the third quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors.Nationally, sales were up 5.9 percent from the third quarter of last year. Previously owned homes changed hands at a...
- External links 2009-11-11
- U.S. Growth Probably Now at 4.5 Percent
- The Good News Economist submits: The economy continues to rebuild itself and the manufacturing sector has now grown for three consecutive months. According to the Institute for Supply Management, their PMI registered 55.7 percent. That is 3.1 percentage points higher than the 52.6 percent reported in September. It was...
- External links 2009-11-03
- Q3 Earnings Season Underscores Rebound
- The Good News Economist submits: While skeptics remain, Q3 earnings season kicked off on Wednesday with almost all those announcing earnings surprising to the upside. Alcoa AA, the firm which much earlier in the year pegged the global turnaround, swung to a profit in Q3. "We do clearly see...
- External links 2009-10-08
- Bloggers Post an Abundance of Good Economic News
- The Good News Economist submits: Three of our favorite blogs are: Positive Economic News, Carpe Diem, and Calafia Beach Pundit. Each posted an overabundance of great economic news last week: From Positive Economic News:----------------------------1. Toyota TM raised its world 2009/10 sales forecast by 3 percent citing a recovery...
- External links 2009-09-28
- Initial Claims at Lowest Rate Since January as Auto Plants Restart
- The Good News Economist submits: The rate of new claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since January, and a close look at the pattern of layoffs in the automotive industry provided additional good news for auto workers. The government said that initial claims fell by 52,000...
- External links 2009-07-10
- Growing Signs of a Recovery
- The Good News Economist submits: Our list of positives is growing and Thursday saw some extremely positive recovery signs.1. We have now had strong retail reports for both Jan. and Feb. this year. The Feb. growth number was actually flat, but much stronger than many had feared. Feb. retail...
- External links 2009-03-13
- Good News on the Manufacturing Front
- The Good News Economist submits: As many of you know the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) releases two significant reports each month. The reports measure, index, and correlate manufacturing and non-manufacturing activities with other measurement readings from the government and elsewhere.Let’s have a look at some of the positives...
- External links 2009-02-10
- Good News Continues to Roll in
- The Good News Economist submits: Last week you saw a significant increase in coverage of good news. This week that trend continues. In residential real estate, in macro models, in the halls of Washington, in earnings reports, and in labor news, there are significant new positive stories...
- External links 2009-02-04
- Mr. Roubini, Please Take a Seat
- The Good News Economist submits: From the gloomster Nouriel Roubini, on April 23, 2009: "Today we present some of the main conclusions of the recently released update to the RGE 2009 Global Economic Outlook: The global economy is in the middle of a synchronized contraction that will push global...
- External links 2009-04-26
- Another Consumer Confidence Index Rockets Higher
- The Good News Economist submits: The Conference Board's closely watched index on US Consumer confidence rocketed higher in the board's April reading released yesterday... For those of us following the more dynamic Rausmussen Index, the report came as no surprise...The huge jump in the CB index follows the...
- External links 2009-04-29
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