Posted on 06/08/2014 7:49:08 AM PDT by blam
Joe Weisenthal
June 8, 2014
The evidence is piling up that the economy is bursting out of the winter doldrums, as basically all of the May economic data has been hot.
The latest evidence comes from what may be the most important source of all: The credit markets. Specifically, credit expansion is accelerating.
On Friday we got fresh data on bank lending and consumer credit. The below chart shows the year-over-year change in loans and leases from commercial banks (red line) and revolving consumer credit, AKA credit card usage, in the blue line.
What's clear is that both are on an upswing. Both measures made steady gains out of the slump, and then stalled out again. A new credit expansion would be crucial, as it would allow the economy to really gather steam, feeding on itself, and break out of the post-crisis slump.
To those who throw up their hands and say "oh great, more debt and credit, that's just what we need," the response is: well, yeah, credit is the lifeblood of the economy and banks are its beating heart.
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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
At least he’s finally admitting we have had no recovery since Obama took over.
Here's The Difference In Government Employment Between Obama And Five Past Presidents
Don't be left out.
The party train is leaving the station so jump on board now.
>SNORT!<
Yeah...riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!
The reality side is below:
“The U.S. economy shrinks, but it’s not a big deal.”
Did you see that headline at CNN Money? The publication reported that recently revised numbers from the federal government show the economy shrank during the first quarter, marking the first decline in economic growth in about 3 years. The story then quoted an economist who believes the downturn was brought about by the harsh winter weather and that Q2 should show a sharp uptick, while noting that job growth and sales of durable goods look strong.
The data points listed in the news article were all accurate. But they were also arranged in such a fashion, intentionally or not, that they were consistent with how the Obama Administration would want things presented. The article was also devoid of information that President Obama and his administration would prefer to ignore – things like the fact that CEO confidence has plummeted, and that other economists (besides the one that was quoted) believe that low interest rates are hurting the economy.
I’m sure there was no intended harm here. Acceptance of the Obama Administration’s agendas and assertions is so enmeshed in the culture of journalism that most practitioners, I suspect, have no idea how partisan and absurd their work often appears.
But when the data says that the economy just shrunk, millions of us middle class Americans who reside in “fly over country” tend to take that seriously (whether or not it was “caused” by the weather). For people like me, it’s a “parallel universes” experience when a journalist in New York City looks at facts like these and then tells us that it’s “not a big deal.”
The disconnect between the dominant forces of the American news media and the objective realities of our world have perhaps never been greater than during the era of President Obama. The unwillingness (or inability) among news reporters to either contextualize or to question the Administration’s actions has done our nation a great disservice.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3165109/posts
SHE’S GONNA BLOW!!!
I haven’t seen anything to justify this outlook.
If you take the stock market out of the equation, things look pretty bleak out here in the America where most people have to live.
In order to claim it has begun the “taper” the Fed is now using proxy buyers in Belgium to keep the money printing going but claim it is not.
Either my drinking water is laced with acid, or theirs is.
More inane happy talk from the perpetually blue sky manure spreading Business Insider and Joe Wiesenthal. Why anyone reads their crapola is beyond me.
What do you think?
Just how many times have they said the economy is turning around?
Maybe people aren’t able to pay their bills so they’re maxing out their credit cards. Didn’t think of that Joe, did ya? Check back in 90 days and we’ll see how many delinquencies there are. Of course we know you won’t because you’re paid to be a spin doctor and the truth doesn’t interest you.
It’s Recovery Summer v6.0
Economy bump for later....
True. Thank you.
It is turning around. It's doing a 360 and continuing in the same direction (down).
I put a fee thousand on my credit card to pay for more ammo and guns. I did my part.
Anecdoatally, I visited my old old friends in their new home in rural Virginia.
They purchased their new home for cash in early 2013 at a discount. It was intended to be a model home in a new subdivision but the builder had to sell to raise cash. He ceased building in 2013.
This year, he has built 4 new houses. Three are sold.
The availability of money is apparently there and the situation reversed.
What happens in fly over might be foreshadowing the recovery in the disastrous cities. The cities may never really recover.
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