Just a Week into Headline 1.2% Second-Quarter GDP Growth,
New Trade and Construction Spending Details Promise a Downside Revision

Trade Deficit Widened and Deepened in Revision, Worst Since 2007

With Quarterly and Annual Growth Collapsing Anew,
Real Construction Spending Growth Was Weakest Since 2011 Series Trough

Ten Years after its June 2006 Pre-Recession Peak, Real Construction Spending
Remained Down 26% (-26%) from Recovering that Benchmark Level

Month-to-Month Unemployment Data Remained Meaningless and Nonsensical,
Heavily Skewed by Inconsistent and Not-Comparable Seasonal Adjustments

Though Heavily Bloated by Seasonal-Factor Distortions and Add-Factors,
Annual Payroll Growth Effectively Held at a 29-Month Low

July 2016 Unemployment: U.3 Held at 4.9%, U.6 Notched Higher to 9.7%
and the ShadowStats-Alternate Rate Rose to 23.0%

Annual M3 Growth Eased to 4.1% in July 2016, from 4.5% in June,
While the Monetary Base Firmed Slightly

 

 

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