Strongest Signal for a Recession Since September 2007

[Samm]

January CPI, Real Retail Sales and Earnings

February 20, 2014


Strongest Signal for a Recession Since September 2007

January Real Retail Sales Activity Plunged by 0.6% for the Month

Unadjusted Monthly January 0.4% CPI Inflation
Squashed to 0.1% by Seasonal Adjustments

January Annual Inflation: 1.6% (CPI-U), 1.7% (CPI-W), 9.2% (ShadowStats)


Is there really recovery?

The solution is simple. Why don't our reps proceed immediately? Take away all monetary creation power from the fed. and reinstitute the authority given to congress by the Constitution. The fed would no longer be needed and our debt (to the fed)would be eliminated as unconstitutional. Banks would be required to maintain 100% reserves and become public utilities again (aka North Dakota Bank). The Treasury would pay off national debt (foreign)by direct issue. (why not , we are "printing money like crazy anyway. Might as well pay off our creditors) The debt runs close to the monetary creation by the fed and banks combined. Ending fractional banking would net out and create no inflation. The bubbles and recessionary cycles would flatten out because massive creation and deflation would not be possible to serve the self interests of the banking cartels. With the debt eliminated there would be no need to pay 400 billion in interest a year. The bankers would not be able to create money from nothing and charge the serfs interest on it. The unbelievable wealth inequalities would be eliminated and our economy would become production driven and not numbers manipulation again.

If you don't think every bit of our system is manipulated by the bank cartels go look at the gold drop this morning. Demand has never been higher.

Look at the graph if earnings were processed the same way they were in 1990 instead of the manipulated numbers creating process used now.

[finnbow]

Oh, jeez. Another knucklehead wanting to get rid of the Fed. Why don't you and 4-2-7 get a room. Together, your IQ might approach room temperature, provided the thermostat is set pretty low.

A one-month real estate "plunge" means nothing, particularly in the midst of the coldest winter in 40 years. From this post, it's obvious you didn't major in economics, just like your 9-11 post demonstrated that you didn't major in engineering. All it shows is that you're highly impressionable, with a particular fondness for wacky, conspiratorial ideas. Relying upon ShadowStats for your "analysis" is a pretty clear indication that your tinfoil hat is too tight.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

A one-month real estate "plunge" means nothing, particularly in the midst of the coldest winter in 40 years.

I agree with this observation. I was just about to post the same.

[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I agree with this observation. I was just about to post the same.

This will carry over to the next three months. Two thirds of the states are freezing the other third is in a drought.

Have you ever heard of a black swan event?

[Samm]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I agree with this observation. I was just about to post the same.

The housing market has seen very little recovery from its 2006 heathy environment.
Also the economist claiming it is the unseasonal cold month of Jan. either are willfully posting bad opinions or they don't know enough to look at that claim from a regional prospective. Sunny California came in last with no other region within half the drop they showed on both starts and new home permit applications.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Samm

The housing market has seen very little recovery from its 2006 healthy environment.

So, the massive real estate bubble fostered by junk-derivatives was healthy, eh?

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Samm

The housing market has seen very little recovery from its 2006 heathy environment.

2006 was a "healthy" year for Real Estate?

Are you shitin me?

That's the year the secretary where I worked who was making $28,000 a year at the time. got a $335,000 mortgage to buy a house with no money down that now has a market value of at best $150,000. She was in foreclosure in about six months after she closed.

Yeah, that was healthy all right.

[Samm]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I agree with this observation. I was just about to post the same.

This doesn't stand up as the worst by far was sunny dry California.

[Samm]

"finnbow
This message is hidden because finnbow is on your ignore list."

[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by Samm

"finnbow
This message is hidden because finnbow is on your ignore list."

Samm I don't agree with quite a few of your post and have not read them all either.

But this crowd is totally ignorant to factual information debunking massively manipulated government indicators.

I was going to say they were bound to blame it all on whether but right out the gate finn beat me to it. If it's not on MSNBC, Washington Post or wiki it's not true.

But anyway if they choose to be lead to slaughter maybe then they will realize who controls politics.