[expat_panama]

Yeah, we all got problems w/ C. Mathews w/ his tingling leg, but it doesn't change the fact that w/ U.S. labor productivity is growing far less than labor cost--

--and that means she'll have to start preparing for inflation.

[Sacajaweau]

Yellen knows that Trump knows more about the economy than she ever dreamed of.

[expat_panama]

 

Friday!!!! 

Stocks up in mixed (average) volume --but all this sideways trading has had the affect of watching the IBD distribution day count go farther into the past bringing down the  recent count to just 7 Nasdaq and 3 S&P.  Then again, this morning's futures traders are unempressed, they see stock indexes continuing flat going forward.  

They got metals falling -1.39% tho, gold & silver prices are already tanking down to $1,212.91 and $16.67.

Let's hang out on these econ threads and see what happens--

• Economy Gets A Thumbs Up On Jobs, Homes, Factories And Inflation
• Fed's Yellen: Rate Hike 'Soon,' Will Serve Full Term
• Theranos Whistleblower Tells All On Intimidation And Coercion Tactics Employed To Silence Him

--where we can quote these op-eds:

Trump Has Made Wall Street Giddy Again - Eric Levitz, New York Magazine
Can Trump Build What Inspires Awe? - James Stewart, New York Times
Trump Will Have No Trouble Filling 4,000 Jobs - Peter Van Buren,Reuters
There Is Still a Chance to Save the TPP - Andrew Wilford, RealClearPolicy
Economy-Boosting Tax Reform May Be In Sight - William Shughart, RCM
These Are Numbers That Precede Corrections - John Mauldin, Mauldin
Trump Could Send a Shock Through Natural Gas - Rakesh Upadhyay, OP
Excessive Regs Kill 2nd Chances - Diane Schanzenbach & Ryan Nunn, RCM

[Read Write Repeat]

That chart depresses the hell out of me.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Someone needs to bail her dumb @ss out! President-Elect (LOVE THAT!) Trump is just the guy. :)

[Moonman62]

W and Obama were economic disgraces who put the growth of corrupt government first.