I did about a 45 minute interview with Jon Miller yesterday:
You can listen on iTunes or click the picture below for audio
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith
Retail Sales in Jan rose .4% headline m/o/m, .7% ex auto's, .6% ex auto's and gasoline and .7% at the core. The headline figure was less than expected while the rest were slightly better. But, with respect to non headline sales, because Dec figures were revised lower, taking the two months together were about in line with forecasts overall. Sales rose in electronics, building materials, food/beverages, clothing, sporting goods, dept stores and restaurant/bars and fell interestingly for online retailers, health/personal care, furniture and motor vehicle/parts. Bottom line, headline sales were below expectations due to the greater than expected fall m/o/m...
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January 26th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
BR: Great sound bytes. “home owers”, “strategic non-forclosures”, “mark to make believe”. You have enough material there for a new book …
January 26th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Banks are allow homeowners to stay as long as they just pay property taxes? Jeezus, thats close to nirvana for the homeower
January 26th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
great show. you should consider running for office…
as a physics fan, you’ll enjoy this (part of a series of videos):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrHzSGn-I8
January 26th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Great interview.
Amazing that we fight socialism while our federal government has nationalized virtually the entire housing industry.
January 26th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
I watched it.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:27 am
Great interview, esp the last 5 mins. If only Obama would listen to it, we’d have some hope for change.