Wisconsin native.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."--GKC
"Liberalism is the modern and morbid habit of always sacrificing the normal to the abnormal" --G K Chesterton
"The only objective of Liberty is Life" --G K Chesterton
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Retail Sales Reality
That's adjusted for population growth and inflation.
More at Mish's place, including December's very lousy sales numbers.
Truly ugly data.
ReplyDeleteNot for the faint of economic heart.
Terrible data for the unemployed.
Truly ugly.
Coincidentally mimicks market investments whose values and returns have not budged in the same ~12 years.
Year after year...the same old Christmas shopping lies and bullshit...until truthfully adjusted.
Ugly.