Industrial Production Comes in OK
Core industrial production rose 1.3% following a revised 3.7% drop in September due to the effects of hurricane season. In a further revision, the FRB updated its remarks from September to say that a full 2.5 percentage points of the Sept. drop was due to the hurricanes. The strike at Boeing (BA) has also skewed [...]
Don’t Fear the Reaper; Economic Indicators May Be DOA
With the majority of 3rd quarter earnings now in the public domain, equity markets continue to live in a world severely lacking in quality information. Our re-test of market lows late last week is evidence enough that we’re not sure the economy will rebound at all in 2009. We’re hearing of curtailed production and lowered [...]




