USRant for Wednesday, July 28th 2010
I have narrowed down the problem that has resulted in delays in producing the Rants: there has been some problem with the mail() function on the RantSpace, which has prevented the content-publication script from completing. For the moment everything has to be hand-pasted… gah. The following economic data was released during the session: Durable Goods [...]
USRant for Friday Feb 5 2010
The following economic data was released during the session: Net Change in Employment for Jan was released in Canada; the series posted a reading of 43.0K gaining 45.6K from the prior reading of -2.6K – above the consensus estimate of 15.2K. Unemployment Rate for Jan was released in Canada; the series posted a reading of [...]
USRant for Thursday Feb 4th 2010
Well, well, well… Berkshire Hathaway got downgraded (from AAA to AA+), just as they are about to do yet another debt raising. That means that there is something truly rotten within Buffett's balance sheet. After all, ratings agencies don't downgrade anything until after the stench of rotting corporate flesh is well and truly esconced in [...]
Finally, The MainSwamp Catches Up
As youse all know, I don't think of the 'big line' media as 'mainstream' – hence I prefer to use the term 'mainswamp', because it's far more swamp than stream. The entire media circus is infested with self-promoting parasites (like Tom 'Suck on this' Friedman, William 'Just So Fucking Wrong' Kristol, and Judith 'Pay Me [...]
USRant for Friday, August 28th
The following economic data released during the session:Current Account for 2Q was released in Canada; the outcome was -11.20B dropping 3.47 from the prior reading of -7.73B, – less than the market’s pre-release guess of -11.20B.Industrial Product Price m/m for Jul was released in Canada; the outcome was -0.5% rising 0.6 from the prior reading [...]
USRant for Thursday, August 27th
The following economic data released during the session:Gross Domestic Product Annualized for 2Q was released in the US; the result was -1.0% sliding 0 from the prior reading of -1.0%, – above the market’s pre-release guess of -1.4%.Gross Domestic Purchases Price Index for 2Q was released in the US; the series posted a reading of [...]
USRant for Wednesday, August 26th
The following economic data released during the session:EIA Crude Oil Stocks change for was released in the US; the result was 0.2M rising 8.6 from the prior reading of -8.4M, – above the market’s pre-release guess of -1.5M.MBA Mortgage Applications for Aug 21 was released in the US; the outcome was 7.5% adding 1.9 from [...]
USRant for Tuesday, August 25th
.The following economic data released during the session:S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for 2Q was released in the US; the outcome was -15.4% advancing 1.6 from the prior reading of -17.0%, – above the market’s pre-release guess of -16.3%.Consumer Confidence for Aug was released in the US; the outcome was 54.1 an increase of 6.7 from [...]
USRant for Monday, August 24th
.The following economic data released during the session:Retail Sales m/m for Jun was released in Canada; the series posted a reading of 1.0% a drop of 0.1 from the prior reading of 1.1%, – above expectations of 0.0%.Retail Sales ex Autos m/m for Jun was released in Canada; the series posted a reading of 1.0% [...]
USRant for Friday, August 21st
.The following economic data released during the session:Existing Home Sales for Jul was released in the US; the series posted a reading of 5.24M a gain of 0.35 from the prior reading of 4.89M, – above expectations of 5.00M.Existing Home Sales m/m for Jul was released in the US; the result was 7.2% advancing 3.6 [...]
