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Confusing Economic Stats

The economic news these days is anything but clear and informative. It is mainly confusing and contradictory. The latest information on consumer confidence is both positive and negative with the Conference Board reporting the best numbers in almost 18 years. Meanwhile...

Housing and Consumer Confidence both Weakening

According to today’s housing report from the US Commerce department new single-family home sales in July declined by 1.7% to the lowest level since October 2017.  Sales in the South declined by 3.3%.  Sales in the West were up 10.9% and in Midwest were up by 9.9%. ...

Turmoil in Turkey to Continue

The Turkish lira crisis is by no means over. Today, the lira at the start of the trading day plunged further and has recovered somewhat since then.  The crisis will not be over until the government takes some drastic steps to curb inflation and President Erdogan stops...