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July 9th, 2010
Michael McDonough
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Michael is an economist/strategist who has worked from Wall Street to Hong Kong primarily focusing on the U.S. and emerging markets. He has also written several columns.
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Articles of Note
-Kindling a Fire
-Dell Set to Ride Approaching IT Replacement Cycle
-Coal in Your Stocking: Hypocrisy, Senility or Common Sense?
-Chinese Consumers May Have Only Begun to Teethe
-Positioning Yourself for Japan’s Potential Demise…
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2010
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August
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Future Updates
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July
(9)
A Rare Divergence for GDP Forecasts Highlights Uncertainties
An Old Radio Piece
More Seniors than Teens Now in the U.S. Labor Force
My Recent TV Hits
Car Sales in China a Victim of Tightening
The IMF's Delusions of Grandeur for China
Mortgage Delinquencies Point To Trouble Ahead
S&P Now vs. The Great Depression
Monthly Job Growth Almost Never Exceeds 400K
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June
(18)
Unemployment Rate Unlikely to Budge until 3mn New Jobs Created
ECRI Weekly Leading Index Pointing Toward a Double-Dip
Consumer Confidence To Remain Range Bound, Despite Friday's Marginal Improvement
‘What’flation, 2Y Treasuries Yielding 67bps
Why Homebuilder Stocks Haven't Plunged
China's Real Estate Free Fall May Not Bode Well For Commodities
Germany vs. France Not Just Being Played on the Pitch
Spain Begins to Echo Greece
The Decline in the BDI Doesn't Mean Much...
Risk Makes a Comeback
Building Material Sales Add Volatility to Retail Sales
France Shows Signs of Weakness...
Chinese Government Officials May Have Leaked Key Economic Data
This Week's Critical Government Bond Auctions, & Worries for Spain
Spreads in Europe on Track to Test Pre-Bailout Levels
28% of all U.S. Income Comes From the Government
Food Stamp Usage Explodes
Money Supply Says No-Go to Inflation
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May
(30)
NOAA's Hurricane Forecast More Often Wrong Than Right
A Great Video on the Problems in Europe...
Purchase Aps Hit 13Y Low as Tax Credit Expires
Fed Could Lower Spread for Currency Swaps to Increase European Liquidity
Risk Returns with a Vengeance
Euro Zone Countries Breached EU Fiscal Limits 57% of the Time (Bloomberg)
Near-term Inflation Expectations Fall to Zero
Risk Aversion the New Norm
Swiss National Bank Intervention in EURCHF
Political Risk Wearing on Investors
Traders Lack Conviction in the Market
Pricing Pressure Building within the Depths of the PPI
Why Central Bank Swaps Haven't Put a Stop to LIBOR's Climb
Credit Card Delinquencies Fall
US Equities Outperforming The World
Swiss Franc: A Managed Currency?
Short-Term Inflation Expectations Drop Like a Rock
Retail Sales Just Ain’t What They Used To Be:
Preparing for Retail
Stocks say Goodbye, & Euro says Hello (to the Crisis)
GDP Growth’s All a Bunch of Garbage…
Risk Aversion Not Just an Equities Story: Look for the Yen to Weaken
Housing Recovery: To Remain a no Show in 2010
Pressure for Chinese Tightening Continues to Build:
Rising TED Spread Says ‘Hold on There’ to EU Bailout
Europhoria Already Wanes...
A Crossroad for the Eurozone's Survival
TED Spread Begins to Spike: Counterparty Risk Rises
Initial Jobless Claim's 'New Equilibrium' Can Benefit Payrolls
PIIGS: Europe's 'Sub-Prime Borrowers'
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April
(4)
Lost Wallet in NY (4/27)
Mortgage Rates Begin To Climb
Weekend Musings: High Tech Stein Keeps Beer 'Frosty' For Days
Payrolls Indicate to Markets; Strong Labor Recovery Not Just Yet
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March
(18)
How Does Your States Crediting Rating & Tax Rates Compare
Boeing's 787 Faces Critical Wing Test Today
In The World of Rates, What Goes Down Must Come up; Expect Higher 10Y and Mortgage Rates
First Portugal, Then New Home Sales, Next...
Economists Warn Fed Could Hike Discount Rate Before Next Meeting
Could Higher Industrial Production Result in Less Hiring?
China's Tightening Tool Box...
One Month's Not a Trend, But January's Trade Data Could Point To A Slowdown in Global Trade
Where's the Unemployment Rate in Your State?
Chinese RMB Appreciation Always Seems Six Months Away (But It's Coming)...
Potentially Good News For Jobless Bankers & Lawyers
Morgan Stanley Expects Strong Tightening from Canada
1981 Data Coming To a TV Near You (A Fun Retrospective)
Temp Employment Pointing Toward Robust Payrolls
Pending Home Sales Point Toward Continued Trouble for Housing
Weakness in the Pound Quickly & Simply Explained
Japan Still a Big Concern; More so Than Greece?
ISM Disappoints, While Market Maintains its Gains
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February
(25)
Chilean Earthquake Map & Impact on Copper Production
Existing Home Sales Moving Back To Pre-Tax Credit Levels?
'23,000 now expected to lose jobs after shuttle retirement'
Bumpy Road Ahead For Housing
Jobless Claims Hit a Roadblock
A Bad Day for New Home Sales
Housing Market Faces Headwinds
What To Look For This Week
No Surprise, Fed Raises Discount Rate
Limited Updates This Week
China's Surprises on Timing, But Not Action
Lending Spikes in China, Confidence Falls, & Consumer Prices Remain Tame for Now...
Bernanke Comments
Market News International: Internal Report Says Germany's Govt Cannot Help Greece
Comments from Fitch and EU Commissioner on Greece & Credit Ratings
ECB President Trichet Leaves Sydney Early to Attend Emergency Meeting
Bullard Comments on Monetary Policy, Indicating a Fed Rate Hike Not Likely Over the Short-Run
Rate Hikes Likely On Hold in China, At Least for Now...
Kindling a Fire
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FT Highlights What I Believe is the Next Big Threat: A U.S. Downgrade
A Mixed Payroll Picture
Non-Manufacturing ISM Remains Subdued in January
Concerns in Chinese Real Estate Sector Grow as Transaction Volumes Plummet
Manufacturing Around the Worlds Grows Faster Than Expected
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January
(36)
Hoenig Dissent Only Surprise in FOMC's Statement
Home Sales All Around Disappoint
An Ominous Sign From the Philly Fed
More on China
Uncertainty of Chinese Tightening Continues to Weigh on Asian Markets
Cantor Upgrades DryShips (DRYS) To 'Buy' From 'Hold'
China Begins to Rein in Speculative Real Estate Purchases
US Economics Week Ahead: Nothing's Certain
The Markets Facing a Barrage of Uncertainties
A Telling Sign from China's National Bureau of Statistics
Chinese Central Bank to Raise Rates on Friday?
Virgin America: Fast Reliable WiFi and CNN, All While 36K Feet Above Kansas
US Economics Week Ahead: Housing Side Story & A Special Election
A Possible Loophole for Dems if they Lose Tuesday's Special Election
IP, CPI, & the NY Fed Survey
More Evidence the Approaching IT Replacement Cycle will Exceed Analysts' Estimates
December Retail Sales Disappoint
More Signs Restrictions are Coming to a Chinese Property Market Near You
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Tightening Seems More imminent in China
Big Boost in Chinese Exports Could Lead to More Rapid Tightening
China to Curb Real Estate Speculation; While Exports Grow 17.7% y/y
US Economics Week Ahead: Retail Sales & The Start of Earnings
Week End Update on my Global Macro Trading Strategies
Consumer Credit Takes A Nose Dive
Cantor Raises Price Target for DSX
Payrolls Fall Hard in December, But Revised to Positive in November
PC Sales Jump Since Windows 7 Release
Another Reason to be Bearish on the Yen
GM's New Battery Plant
This Morning's Tightening in China Does Not Bode Well for Chinese Equities in 2010
Non-Manufacturing ISM Goes Back Above 50, But Barely
ADP Report May Point to Improved Non-Farm Payrolls
HOGS Poised to Benefit from Rising Food Prices in China
ISM Could Bode Well For Payrolls
Chinese Snow to Cause More Than Just Delays
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2009
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December
(12)
US Economics Week Ahead: 2010 Starts with a Bang
Dell Set to Ride Approaching IT Replacement Cycle
Chicago PMI Moves Higher
US Economics Week Ahead: Quiet for the Holidays
A Review of my EQ Based Global Macro Trading Ideas
Existing Home Sales-- Surprise to the Upside
3Q09 GDP Revised Down, But 4Q Still Looks Strong
US Economics Week Ahead: Retailers not Dreaming of a White Christmas
An Economic Wrestling Match For Our Future
US Economics Week Ahead: No Change by the Fed
US Economics Week Ahead: Black or Red Friday?
Apologies for this Week
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November
(20)
US Economics Week Ahead: Jobs to the Rescue?
Dubai's Downfall
US Economics Week Ahead: Is There Time for Turkey?
Talking Turkey on Agriculture Trends
Claims Unchanged
Housing Pains & Inflation Creep
Industrial Production Shows Modest Gain due to Utility Output
October's Retail Sales: The Devil's in the Details
US Economics Week Ahead: Retail Sales will set the Pace
Coal in Your Stocking: Hypocrisy, Senility or Common Sense?
Wavering Sentiment Likely to Raise Fears Among Retailers
Trade Data: Good News for Recovery, But Wider Than Anticipated Deficit Likely Means Downward Revision to Q3 Growth
Be On The Lookout....
Mortgage Purchase Aps Realize a Precipitous Decline
Chinese Consumers May Have Only Begun to Teethe
US Economics Week Ahead: A Quiet Week; A Busy Friday
Unemployment Rate Tops 10%, But Temp Employment Shows Some Signs of Life
Non-Manufacturing ISM Takes a Modest Dip
ADP Was a Non-Event, But Keep Your Eyes on this Morning's Non-Manu ISM Employment Index
Morning Macro Recap: ISM & Pending Home Sales
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October
(22)
US Economics Week Ahead: Jobs & the Fed
This Morning's Macro Recap: Income & Consumption, ECI, Chicago PMI, & Consumer Sentiment
Andy Xie: Central Banks, Arsonists and Playing with Fire
Intraday Major Yen Divergence; Parallel Derisking In Process (From ZeroHedge)
GDP Back to Positive
Positioning Yourself for Japan's Potential Demise...
New Homes Sales & Durable Goods
Sprott Asset Management Raises Concerns Over US Government's Financial Viability
Consumer Confidence Hits 4 Month Low...
US Economics Week Ahead: The End is Near! (for the recession...)
Housing Starts Disappoint & PPI Turns Negative
US Economics Week Ahead: Earnings Usurp Housing Data
Morning Recap--CPI Shows Modest Gains, Claims Down, & Empire State Manuf. Survey Reaches 5Y High
Retail Sales Data Indicates a Strengthening Consumer
A Brief Global Macro View on the World's Markets
US Economics Week Ahead: A Shortened Week with a Big Punch
Initial Claims Fall 33K, Reach Lowest Levels Since January
Non-Manufacturing ISM Breaks Above 50
US Economics Week Ahead: Is October the new September?
Job's Report Comes in Below Expectations, Unemployment to 26 Year High
Tide Moves Out on Cash for Clunker Benefits
Personal Income up 0.2%, Consumption Rises 1.3%
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September
(35)
September Chicago Purchasing Managers Index Drops
Is the Yen Overvalued? (A Quick Look)
September's Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Dips
Case Shiller HPI an Improving Trend
US Economics Week Ahead: Markets Try to Find Traction in an Array of Data
Finding a Complement to the BDI May Lie in the Rails...
Existing Home Sales Show Unexpected Decline
FOMC Announces No Change... Fed's Purchase of Long-Term Treasuries Will End As Planned In Oct...
Potential Market Negatives Part 4: A Word From the Wise
US Economic Week Ahead: Big Ben & His Men (& Women)...
Is a Falling Greenback Leading to Smooth Sailing for Shippers?
Potentially Good News For Smaller Ships
Jobless Claims & Housing Starts Both Improve
Industrial Production Up +0.8%
CPI Up +0.4, Core-CPI Up +0.1%
Business Inventories Fall -1.0%
Retail Sales & NY Manf. Survey Better Than Expected; PPI Higher than Anticipated
Norton Rose Shipping Industry Survey Paints Bleak Picture
Lehman's Impact on the BDI & Shipping (Then & Now)
US Economics Week Ahead: A Deluge of Data
Potential Market Negatives Part 3: Insider Selling
September's Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Shows Gain
August Import Prices Up More Than Expected
Dahlman Rose & Co. Global Transportation Conference 2009 (Day 2: Trucking)
Dahlman Rose & Co. Global Transportation Conference 2009 (Day 1: Railroads)
Consumer Credit Outstanding Down US$21.55bn
BDI Shows Labor Day Gains, But Capesize Rates Still Falling
US Economics Week Ahead: The Calm Before The Storm
Payrolls Decline by -216K, Unemployment Rate Moves Up To 9.7
When Will the FOMC Turn From Dove to Hawk? Don't Hold Your Breath...
Non-Manufacturing ISM Rises to 48.4 from 46.4
Initial Claims Show Modest Decline
US Railroad Activity Not a Bright Spot for Shipping Rates
Productivity Up, Labor Costs Down, & ADP Might Not Be As Bad As It Seems
ISM Up, Construction Spending Neutral, & Pending Home Sales Rise
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August
(46)
US Week Ahead: The Start of September...
Consumer Sentiment Down Modestly From July
Personal Income Flat, Consumer Expenditures Show Modest Gains
State Budget Turmoil Good News For Cons, Bad News For Everyone Else…
2Q09 GDP Unchanged, Initial Jobless Claims Fall, & Corporate Profits Are Up
New Home Sales Up Big
Durable Goods Orders Rise Above Expectations
Consumer Confidence Rises Well Above Forecast, FHFA Down
Case-Shiller Home Price Index Shows Continued Improvement
Capesize Rates Could Face Additional Pressure This Week
US Week Ahead: To Buy Or Not To Buy
July's Existing Home Sales Continue to Improve, Coming in Well Above Forecast
Increase in Chinese Bank Capital Requirements Likely to Further Reduce New Lending
US Mortgage Deliquencies Rise in 2Q09
Leading Economic Indicators Show 4th Consecutive Monthly Increment, Philly Fed Survey Surprises to the Upside
Drop in Chinese Lending Leads to Declines In Both The Shanghai Composite & The BDI
Initial Jobless Claims Rise More Than Anticipated
Article on Chinese Market By Andy Xie
Inventory Restocking Could Help Support The BDI
Housing Starts Fall, While Producer Prices Decline
Potential Market Negatives Part 2: Shorts
Housing Market Index Improves
Potential Market Negatives Part 1: September
Fed Extends the TALF
Empire State Manufacturing Survey Moves Into Positive Territory
US Week Ahead: Where's the Upside?
Consumer Sentiment Shows Unexpected Drop
July Industrial Production Shows First Gain in 9 Months
Consumer Prices Rise less Than Anticipated
Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise, Retail Sales Decline, & Foreclosures Are Up...
Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, But Begins to Scrap Treasury Purchase Program
Trade Balance Widens to -US$27.0bn
Interest in 'Cash for Clunkers' Starting to Wane?
Productivity Up, Unit Labor Costs Down
US Week Ahead: Steady As She Goes
June Consumer Credit Falls More Than Expected
Tsingtao's Profit up 68% During 1H09 on Higher Volumes
Payrolls Beat Forecast, Unemployment Falls
Jobless Claims Drop More Than Expected
July's Non-Manufacturing ISM comes in Below Expectations
ADP Report Improves, But Still Below Estimates
Pending Home Sales Surprises to the Upside
Personal Income Falls Slightly More Than Expected
Vast Potential in Chinese Beer Market Barely Tapped
ISM & US Construction Index come in Above Expectations
US Week Ahead: Jobs & Manufacturing
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July
(30)
2Q09 Advanced GDP Better Than Estimates on Government Expenditures
Claims Continue to Rise, Due to Erroneous Adjustment Factors
Oil Prices Likely to Recede by Year’s End
Durable Goods Fall 2.5% in June, But There's Better News in the Details
California Budget Furloughs Put Into Perspective
Consumer Confidence Comes in Below Expectations
Case Shiller Shows First M/M Gain Since 2006
Unusual Rally in DryShips (DRYS)
New Home Sales Rise 11%, Crushing Market Expectations
Economics Week Ahead: GDP & Earnings Steal the Show
Consumer Sentiment Falls on Jobs Weakness
Existing Home Sales Beat Estimates, Rise 3.6%
Initial Claims Climb 30K to 554K
Leading Indicators Up: A Good Sign for the Economy
US Economic Week Ahead: Cue Earnings
June Housing Starts Show Big Gains
Philly Manufacturing Index Declines More Than Expected
Jobless Claims Drop, But Reading is too Optimistic
Empire Survey and Industrial Production Surprise to the Upside
Retail Sales Jump, but the Story is in the Details...
US Week Ahead: A Hectic Week on Data & Earnings
China's June Exports Fall 21.4%y/y in June
Initial Claims Come in Better than Expected
Alcoa's Earnings Come in Above Consensus Estimates
MBA Purchase Applications Composite Index Up 10.9%
ICSC-Goldman Store Sales-- Shows Growth, But Redbook Says Otherwise
Non-Manufacturing ISM 47.0 vs Consensus Forecast of 46.7
US Economic Week Ahead: The Calm after the Storm
June ADP, Comes in Below Expectations
Chinese Manufacturing Shows Marginal Gains
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June
(5)
Consumer Confidence Disappoints, Shipping Stocks Suffer
US Week Ahead: It's all about the jobs!
FFA Market Rises
Brazilian Iron Ore Exports Drop in May
Swine Flu
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May
(2)
BDI to face downward pressure
TheStreet.com
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January
(1)
The Anatomy of a Global Financial Crisis
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2008
(45)
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November
(2)
The Baltic Dry Index Revisited
A Graphical Look at October's Senior Loan Officer Survey:
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October
(1)
The Age of Despondency…
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September
(3)
A Blast From the Past... How the Housing Crisis Will End (Revisited)
My Thoughts on the Next 24 Hours...
A Quick Look at Global Sub-indices (& An Aside on China)
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August
(6)
A Look at China’s P/E Ratios:
Mengniu, A Look at A Chinese Dairy Company
An Overview of the Chinese Dairy Market
Chinese Healthcare Sector ADRs
Chinese Financial Sector ADRs
Chinese Government policies on real estate sector (Supplement)
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July
(6)
Chinese Energy Sector ADRs
A Look at Chinese and Hong Kong ADR’s
Impending Chinese Financial Crisis…
A Quick Look at the Asian CDS Market
S&P500 Short Interest Ratio
Global Battery Index
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June
(1)
Gold a Bet Against the Fed
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April
(1)
The Week Ahead: Earnings Take Center Stage
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March
(16)
U.S. Week Ahead: ISM and Employment Steal the Show
Short Interest Ratio NYSE Top 100
A simple quick explanation as to why US gasoline prices will continue rising rapidly
Week Ahead: The Potential to be a Downer
Opposition Party Wins Taiwanese Presidential Election
Taiwanese Presidential Elections Being Held Today
Chinese Monetary Policy vs. Inflation FIGHT!
Fed Cuts 75bp
The Week Ahead: Fed Cuts and Bank Failures
Food or Fuel for Thought?
Chinese Inflation: A Mounting Problem (Update)
Inflation, Inflation, Inflation
Now What? The Week Ahead
How will it end?
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI): Can it tell us anything?
A Potential for Blood-letting: The Week Ahead
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February
(2)
Chinese Inflation: A Mounting Problem
Fed Cuts & Inflation
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January
(7)
Fed likely to go 50 (Another look at China, India, Las Vegas Sands, and an introduction to Taiwan)
Looking for Alpha through Beta
A strong move by the Fed
Has the market overpriced the probability of a US recession?
Does the Federal Reserve Board's Senior Loan Officer Survey imply anything for growth?
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Recent Posts
Future Updates
A Rare Divergence for GDP Forecasts Highlights Uncertainties
An Old Radio Piece
More Seniors than Teens Now in the U.S. Labor Force
My Recent TV Hits
Car Sales in China a Victim of Tightening
The IMF’s Delusions of Grandeur for China
Mortgage Delinquencies Point To Trouble Ahead
S&P Now vs. The Great Depression
Monthly Job Growth Almost Never Exceeds 400K
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