Joseph Brusuelas

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• Consumer Price Index Falls At Record Pace

  Published 19 November 2008 | viewed 3,628 times

  Consumer Price Index: October 2008 The October estimate of consumer price index declined -1.0% (-0.961%) m/m and was up 3.7% y/y. The core ex-food and…

• Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (November 17-21 2008)

  Published 14 November 2008 | viewed 3,758 times

  Financial Markets Summary For The Week of November 17-21 2008 The week ahead in financial markets will see a modest quantity of data that will…

• Advance Retail Sales: Record Low

  Published 14 November 2008 | viewed 2,731 times

  Advance retail sales for the month of October declined -2.8% m/m and are down -3.3% y/y/. The core ex-autos estimate fell -2.2% m/m and is…

• Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (November 10-14 2008)

  Published 07 November 2008 | viewed 2,875 times

  Financial Markets Summary For The Week of November 10-14 2008 The week ahead in financial markets will see a modest quantity of data that will…

• Non-Farm Payrolls: October Collapse

  Published 07 November 2008 | viewed 3,251 times

  The October estimate of non-farm payrolls saw firms reduce payrolls by -240K for the month and the rate of unemployment jump sharply to 6.5%. Revisions…

• Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (November 3-7 2008)

  Published 31 October 2008 | viewed 3,548 times

  Financial Markets Summary For The Week of November 3-7 2008 The first week of November will see another heavy week of data releases on the…

• Merk Market Outlook: Outlook On Gold: Buying Opportunity and Hedge Against Uncertainty Ahead

  Published 24 October 2008 | viewed 4,186 times

  Perhaps the most interesting development during the intensification of the credit crisis is that the price of gold did not climb higher than it did.…

• Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (October 27-31 2008)

  Published 24 October 2008 | viewed 3,012 times

  Financial Markets Summary For The Week of October 27-31 2008 After the heaviest week of Fed talk and macro data releases in recent memory, the…

• Merk Investments: Credit and Money Supply Indicators: One Week After Capital Injections

  Published 21 October 2008 | viewed 4,228 times

  Credit and Money Supply Indicators: The injection of capital and elimination of caps on swap lines between foreign central banks and the Fed have engineered…

• On the Horizon: The Day Ahead: October 22, 2008

  Published 21 October 2008 | viewed 3,432 times

  Day In Review: US Fed creates $540bln new facility to relieve pressure on money market mutual funds caused by redemption requests. Weak earnings at bellwethers…

• On the Horizon: The Day Ahead: October 21, 2008

  Published 20 October 2008 | viewed 4,121 times

  Day In Review: • Bernanke gives support for second stimulus package, but cautioned on raising taxes amid a general economic slowdown • Treasury Secretary Paulson…

• Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (October 20-24 2008)

  Published 17 October 2008 | viewed 3,572 times

  Financial Markets Summary For The Week of October 20-24 2008 After the heaviest week of Fed talk and macro data releases in recent memory, the…

• Merk Market Outlook: Reduced Gasoline Prices Provide Relief, But May Not Change Consumer Outlook

  Published 17 October 2008 | viewed 2,643 times

  Gasoline prices have seen a steep decline over the past three months. Since hitting a peak on July 20, the national average price for a…

• On the Horizon: The Day Ahead: October 15, 2008

  Published 14 October 2008 | viewed 4,930 times

  Day In Review: • US announces $250bln plan to rescue banking system and FDIC stated it would fully guarantee newly issued, senor unsecured debt from…

• Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (October 13-17 2008)

  Published 10 October 2008 | viewed 3,433 times

  Financial Markets Summary For The Week of October 13-17 2008 The week of October 13-17 will see perhaps the most important week of macroeconomic data…

• Merk Market Outlook: Recession Signals: Industrial Production Looks To Decline Again In September

  Published 09 October 2008 | viewed 3,698 times

  While, the service sector does account for well over 80% of overall economic activity, industrial production often provides a very timely indicator implying the end…

• Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (October 6-10 2008)

  Published 03 October 2008 | viewed 2,808 times

  Financial Markets Summary For The Week of October 6-10 2008 The week of October 6-10 will see a light week of economic data that will…

• Merk Market Outlook: US Employment Picture: September Non-Farm Payrolls Preview

  Published 02 October 2008 | viewed 3,332 times

      Merk Market Outlook provides the weekly perspective on the markets and the economy. Don't miss an Outlook: Sign up for our Newsletter The…

• On the Horizon: The Day Ahead: October 1, 2008

  Published 30 September 2008 | viewed 4,566 times

  Day In Review: • Equity markets saw a broad based relief rally caused by a breakout of optimism that the U.S. Congress will revisit the…

• On the Horizon: The Day Ahead: September 30, 2008

  Published 29 September 2008 | viewed 4,199 times

  Market Movers: • The failure of the TARP on the floor of the House of Representatives has moved action towards overnight trading in Asia and…