Fast Facts

What Bubblevision Didn’t Tell You About “Upeat” Consumers: Real Retail Sales Ex-Gasoline Per Capita Still Below 2003 Levels

By Lee Adler. Posted On Wednesday May 21, 2014

Perspective On Housing “Recovery”: SF Starts Still 60% Below Peak—And Now Sales Are Faltering

By Lee Adler. Posted On Monday May 19, 2014

Y/Y Industrial Production Ex-Energy Bull Up 2.5%, But Still Below 2007 Peak

By Lee Adler. Posted On Thursday May 15, 2014

I Call BS on BLS Which Says 100% of Job Gains Were Full Time

By Lee Adler. Posted On Friday May 2, 2014

How The Fed Fixed Housing: March Contracts Down 7% Y/Y; Listing Prices Up 10%; Inventory Still MIA

By Lee Adler. Posted On Monday April 28, 2014

The Fed’s Deadly Error: Penalties For Labor And Thrift; Windfalls For Speculation In Land And Financial Assets

By Lee Adler. Posted On Sunday April 27, 2014

What Lies Beneath The Snow And Debt: Non-Energy Production/Capita Still 7% Below 2007 Peak

By Lee Adler. Posted On Friday April 18, 2014

QE Lifted Stock Prices, But Real Spending Growth Per Capita Sinking Toward The Zero Line

By Lee Adler. Posted On Tuesday April 15, 2014

US Economy All “Fixed”: Fed Staging Helicopter Withdrawal From QE

By Lee Adler. Posted On Saturday April 12, 2014

The Curated Jobs Report, Actual Depression and Bernanke’s Fraudulent Legacy

By Lee Adler. Posted On Monday April 7, 2014