“Restaurant Recession” Update
GRIM NEWS FOR GRUB PEDDLERS … Back in February we wrote on the beginnings of a “restaurant recession” in the United States. And last month...
Recession
Consumer Comfort: End To The Uptick?
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QUARTERLY SLIPPAGE … On a quarterly basis, consumer comfort in the United States has risen rather robustly over the past five years. It’s still not...
“Restaurant Recession” Spreads To Fast Food
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THIS IS HOW YOU (DON’T) SONIC … Four months ago we wrote about America’s “restaurant recession.” Looks like the downturn is turning downward … to fast food....
Global Trade Is Collapsing
by Letters
DEFICITS IN TRADE … AND PUBLIC TRUST || By ROBERT ROMANO || Global trade is collapsing. In March, the U.S. trade deficit took a big...
Scary Economic Numbers …
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AMERICA’S ECONOMY MAY ALREADY BE IN ANOTHER RECESSION U.S. industrial output dropped on a year-over-year basis for the seventh consecutive month in March – yet...
Consumer Comfort Slides Over Economic Worries
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AMERICANS STARTING TO FRET THE FUTURE … Consumer comfort in America broke out of a thirteen-week holding pattern this week … just not in a...
Q1 Growth Estimate Implodes
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BAD NEWS GETS WORSE FOR U.S. ECONOMY … Last week the news about the U.S. economy was bad … this week it got downright terrible....
GDP Growth Weak In Fourth Quarter
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CONSUMERS, BUSINESSES NOT SPENDING … The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its preliminary “growth” estimate for the United States economy during the fourth quarter...
Is America Already In A Recession?
by Letters
WEAK ECONOMIC CONDITIONS VISIBLE ACROSS GLOBAL MARKETS || By ROBERT ROMANO || “I believe we’re already entering a recession in the U.S.” That was investor...
Recessions Are Good … Except The One That’s Coming
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THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE BAD … Years ago we wrote a piece in defense of “creative destruction.” Our column referenced the legendary Austrian...