Case-Shiller National Home Price Index Slows To -0.46% YoY As Fed Withdraws Covid Stimulus SLOWLY (Mortgage Rates UP 151% Under Bidenomics, Taylor Rule Suggests Fed Rate Of 10.42%)

by confoundedinterest17 The Case-Shiller home price numbers are out for May. The national home price index is down -0.46% YoY as The Fed slows M2 Money growth into negative growth territory. No doubt Biden (and Karine Jean-Pierre) will take credit for slowing home price growth, although The Federal Reserve slowing monetary stimulus is mostly responsible. …

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U.S. Economy in a Snapshot Overview of the July 2023 Snapshot: Q1 GDP Growth Slows but Remains Solid, Driven by Consumption, Government Spending, and Net Exports; June Sees Solid Payroll Growth and Slight Drop in Unemployment; Food-at-Home Index 25% Above its 2019 Average.

by Dismal-Jellyfish   https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/snapshot/Snapshot_July2023.pdf Overview of the July 2023 Snapshot GDP growth slowed: Q1 GDP was about .5% below what it would been if since Q42019, it grew at a rate close to long-term forecasts. Consumer real spending on services up 2.6%—still greater then 2%… Average hourly earnings up 4.4% in June. The employment-to-population ratio for …

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Inflation Alert! The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy Review July: The Official Cash Rate (OCR) held at 5.5%. Employment above sustainable level, Consumer spending slows. Could this be the start of other central banks pausing this time as the Fed take the lead with the July rate hike?

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/hub/news/2023/07/official-cash-rate-remains-on-hold Highlights: The RBNZ has decided to keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.50%. Remember, this is the rate of interest which the RBNZ charges on overnight loans to commercial banks. The RBNZ expects the OCR to remain at this level for a while to ensure inflation returns to the target range …

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Bidenomics! Bank Credit Slows To 0.5% YoY, Lowest Since 2011 As Fed Hikes To Fight Bidenflation (41+ Countries Sign On For BRICs Gold Standard)

by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics relied of massive Federal spending thanks to Covid and massive monetary expansion. This led to the highest inflation in 40 years (Bidenflation). But now The Fed is slowing M2 Money growth into negative territory and hiking their target rate. The result? Bank credit growth has crashed to 0.5% YoY. In other words, …

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The Core! US PCE Core Deflator Remains High At 4.6%, Spending Slows (Taylor Rule Suggests Fed Funds Target Rate Of 10%, Halfway To Target!!)

by confoundedinterest17 The film “The Core” was a silly film, but core inflation in the US is a serious problem for the middle class and low-wage workers. It remains elevated despite Treasury Secretary Janet “The Marxist Gnome” Yellen saying it was “transitory.” Looks pretty permanent to me! The Federal Reserve’s preferred measures of US inflation …

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