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Related: About this forumRecovery Winter: Good Unemployment Claims And New Housing Starts Numbers
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/02/16/recovery_winter_on_track_with_good_unemployment_claims_and_new_housing_starts_numbers.htmlRecovery Winter: Good Unemployment Claims And New Housing Starts Numbers
By Matthew Yglesias
| Posted Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at 8:49 AM ET
Two strong Recovery Winter numbers today.
First up, housing starts: "Privately-owned housing starts in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 699,000. This is 1.5 percent (±16.8%) above
the revised December estimate of 689,000 and is 9.9 percent (±14.2%) above the January 2011 rate of 636,000."
And new unemployment claims: "In the week ending February 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 348,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 361,000. The 4-week moving average was 365,250, a decrease of 1,750 from the previous week's revised average of 367,000."
Again, none of this is like crazy insane boom times data. But it all reflects an economy converging on normalcy and I think it's plausible that we'll see convergence at an accelerating rate. The things to watch for are spikes in rents and gasoline prices. The Federal Reserve will have to hold its nerve through an inflation panic. I would invest in things that you think oil-exporting nations are likely to want to buy.
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Recovery Winter: Good Unemployment Claims And New Housing Starts Numbers (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2012
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Those initial claims numbers are awesome. I'm excited for the unemployment #'s for February.
Pirate Smile
Feb 2012
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Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)1. Those initial claims numbers are awesome. I'm excited for the unemployment #'s for February.
Last edited Thu Feb 16, 2012, 02:59 PM - Edit history (2)
My big concern - gas prices. If Europe could figure their shit out AND we could cool off the situation with Iran (which is elevating gas prices), things could be looking pretty good. We always have these bizarre situations able to throw the recovery into chaos - Japanese earthquake, tsunami & nuclear meltdown, BP oil spill, etc.
The Fed Policy does not seem to match the great reports from the government.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)3. Kick for the evening crowd.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)4. RWingers are in deep despair. All their hard work to destroy the economy has failed.
They know the economy is heading in the right direction now and will virtually guarantee an Obama win if it continues this way.