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Chicago PMI Soars To 64, Beats Estimate Of 61, Employment Index Highest Since 1984
Earlier today, when forecasting the Chicago PMI, we warned to "expect another massive beat courtesy of consumers confident that they can have Apple apps, if not so much food, since they still don't pay their mortgages." Sure enough, the economic data is now straight out of China, with the Chicago PMI not only trouncing expectations, printing at 64, on consensus of 61 (the highest since last April when the peak of the liquidity bubble popped and the stock market rolled over), but, wait for it, the Employment index came at 64.2, up from 54.7, which was the highest employment print since April 1984! At this point it is no longer worth commenting on economic data, as between this, the NAR, the consumer confidence, it was all become farce of a blur. we now expect February unemployment to print negative as the labor participation rate slides to 50%, and seasonal adjustments and birth/date fixtures account for 5 million "additions" to jobs. One thing that is sure. There will be no more easing for a looooooooong time. Kiss any hope of more trillions in central bank liquidity goodbye.
PMI employment index: hilarious.
And the always entertaining survey responses:
- We are hoping that the slow down in new orders experienced in December and January is over.
- Business seems to be picking up in February. January was slow.
- Our business continues to grow. We are expanding production area & buying new equipment. From a purchasing standpoint pricing is going up, service levels from almost all vendors is going down.
- Forecasts seem to be adjusting slightly down. We keep hearing optimism, but still haven't seen it.
- While our business is strong now, some of our customers are slowing down.
- Our Production is down still...not sure why, think the economy has started to affect our business.
- Overall costs are down despite modest increases on some plastic and steel components. In general chemicals have eased, yet there is still much uncertainty on the horizon. Company profits are better than a year ago despite lower than anticipated sales.
- We are seeing pricing uptrending in motors, plastics and rubber related products.
- The transportation industry seems to be improving consistently. Orders continue to be strong and folks in my industry associations are hiring.
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The U.S. data that has come out this week has been uber-sketchy. Ben is deliberately setting up the market too drop before he institutes full-blown QE. For the short-term, good news is now bad news as the QE-crutch is removed from stock market.
I'd say uber-bullshitish...and for the last 3 yrs
My god....what if Robo is right?
Yes, we know, all good news must be lies.
did we just get a margin call in silver???? 10:00 am this fine wed. 60 cent move in five minutes. now a one dollar move down in 10 minutes.
"How many fingers, Winston?"
At first read, one could believe one is reading a survey of business fitness -- conducted in June, 1937.
The rhyme of history...
Do not forget this is an election year and Obama is their man!
Consequently,
another one dollar drop at 10:45 am this fine wed. aprox. $2.10 drop in silver in 45 minutes!!!!! yea ha can we raise silver margins? have they raised the margin on west texas crude yet?
Where do you source your good news from?
What? Do you think TPTB did not see this bubble about to burst in late 06-early 07, when everyone said the train never stops? Do you think that bubble was some type of unforseen accident?
Thanks, I'll pass on that Kook Aid, er, excuse me, Kool Aid. And Oswald was a lone assassin? And Building 7 was ignored in the 9-11 report, why?
NUMBers. Blurry Farces.
;-) Hope everyone is hanging tight for the ides of March. Purim and what not!
ori
/roiling-world-righteous-indignation-
you're not married to Miss Cleo, by chance?
"full-blown QE"? Did you guys fall off the turnip truck or something? What exactly do you think ZIRP to eternity means? I stopped counting numbers then because indefinite ZIRP= QE infinity anyway....
So? Now what?
hey sheepie, tyler threw in the towel. no more qe!!!!!
Yep, and anyone who wants to tell me there was QE, just a different name....I want to punch them in the face with a knuckle sandwich when they order a steak sandwich and see if they tell me its the same. So....NOW what?
war
Obviously its not the same retard, but the result more or less is
Sit back with one of the bottles of grey goose I bought on leverage and watch the mother fucker burn to the ground of course
Look at a food stamp participation graph to see who's telling the truth.
http://www.comparegoldandsilverprices.com/
Switched from short>long and all ready in the money....
Unbelievable....
(4%)...(
Simply incredible.
Frauduent Statistics, Bitchez
More Lies! Move Along!
Now that his cover is gone what is old Benny boy gonna do? Surely there is no need for Zirp with a roaring economy like this.
Exactly what I was thinking, I mean ZIRP has worked out so well for Japan. Going on 20+ years for them (since 2008 for us).
The real cost for creating capital without adding any real value will be coming home to roost shortly.
Bernanke is on full retard and is not turning back. But hey he's the guy with the perfect SAT score. What kind of fool would first of all try to predict interest rates all the way into 2014 unless he needs to print the dollar to fill the debt hole he has created. If his foolish policy is not stopped soon we are toast as a country.
You still don't actually believe they believe in this bullshit do you? 1600 SAT = supremely useful marionette
hopium Chicago style political machine in full frickin force.
This came around 9:30 EST right? Because the Stockholm index zoomed right up at that time. Circuit jerk response...
One of the first rules of lying is that the lie needs to be somewhat believable. If you shoot too far with the lie, nobody will believe it outside the stupidest guy in the room.
The January jobs report was such a farce, they are goosing all the numbers after it to make it look like the reported number was correct.
There are an awful lot of 'stupidest guys in the room' all over the western world. Everywhere you look. f'ing frightening.
Spike them oil prices bitchez we're in recovery!
Does this mean Bill Gross fucked up again?
"plastics and rubber" is a Key Driver for a strong Economy.
ZIRP4EVA
QE4EVA
MARK2FANTASY4EVA
TRILLIONDOLLARDEFICITS4EVA
STEALINGFROMSOCIALSECURITY4EVA
Make it rain. Hopium rides high. The laws of everything have been suspended forever.
Rain is transitory.
The way the day is shaping up, looks like Bernanke is going to have all kinds of good news...
Metals drifting up before he even opens his mouth. Which way will they go this time?
This or any other fudged number in no way changes the projection. U.S. dollar is toast.
Need to see the Illinois Payroll/Taxes data for the last few months...see if it meshes with this data/bullsh*t
Well, presuming that any of them tell the truth, of course.
Risk is fucking ON!
Almost all other metrics are lower with the exception of employment being the large beat. Sure.
SELL ON Positive NEWS ??? ahh yes...Finally some bulllish news for all - - - those who have been waiting for a "Correction"
Ben better raise rates very soon...or we are toast....
Like today
Can't, debt becomes impossible to service.
Don't worry, he can control inflation in under 1 microsecond.
Ben needs to turn up the heat but the pressure cooker is already set to explode...false flag time.
This is as I expected, The numbers will always be better until the election is over. This is all about trying to get Obama re-elected. Yes it is simple as that. All the gimmicks will be
used to make this happen. Fudging the numbers, and putting a happy face on everthing will be the standard sop for the next 9 months.
Look at EUR/USD ??
Just FELL OFF THE CLIFF ??
I'd trust the groupthink of lemmings before I'd trust the groupthink of humans.
Have to say that were I work we are seeing business pick up considerably and have actually hired some people for the first time in a long time.
Do I think this is real? Hell no. We have just reached another temporary lower plateau in terms of consumer and business behavior thanks to massive central bank intervention (most of which we don't see or hear about - but, rest assured is going on).
But, I will take it for now if helps reload a little cash for the inevitable trouble ahead. My own personal plan is to try to get by longer than it takes for the majority to break... which really isn't that much anyhow considering most people are paycheck to paycheck or living off of government hand-outs.
In reality, nothing is fixed. Leverage in the financial realm is even higher than it was before. Fraud is so pervasive now that even J6P is trying to game the system. Etc. Shit, folks in my own family are beginning to think and behave with the mentality of instant gratification almost entirely on the basis of "if other folks are doing it - and have this and have that - why shouldn't I?". We all know this is the classic sign of an inflection point. When J6P forms a new pattern, the pattern breaks.
This is pretty much the only real strategy... you don't have to outrun the bear per se.
The problem of course, in this environment and with a murky future, the bear may get us all before it's over. However, I think the traditional notion that partaking in consolidation and distressed asset sales on the marathon (a cup of water if you will) may provide tremendous if not multigenerational opportunities. This is the side of the great slide that no one wants to talk about... the whole "buy when there's blood on the streets" mantra. It's been a successful strategy for more than a few.
OT: Just had to post this, lol! All in fellas, all in!
*CALIFORNIA SAID TO OFFER 10-YEAR BONDS TO INDIVIDUALS AT 2.69%
One thing that is sure. There will be no more easing for a looooooooong time. Kiss any hope of more trillions in central bank liquidity goodbye.
glad you finally see the light tyler....................
Bullshit. ZIRP is QE!
stick with physics....youre clueless
Said all along there wouldnt be a QE....now they all want to say their under the table bullshit was QE...whatever!
Yeah, up over 20% for the year. Clueless indeed. Resorting to insults only shows us all how much you stink of fear. Troll harder.
Me too, up over 20% for the year on PM's and commodities.
youre right, my apologies, i should stick to the message, not the messenger. zirp is not qe. there was zirp while qe2 was being implemented, so obviously they are distinct. and if you have noticed, gold peaked right after qe2 ended. hasnt been back near its highs in dollars since.....sooooo, clearly qe is not zirp................
Finally, indeed.
Not seeing any consumer confidence around my neck of the woods. Neighborhood breakfast joint looks emptier by the week. Gas prices are up.
Hopium only works so far.
nothing that comes out of Chicago is EVER false or misleading, c'mon now guys we all know that
ECB hands out $712 billion in loans to banks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jp-dq7gfur-ayonHkclXFwDjvk-Q?docId=c3a589455370468f9283902a2f9291cd
Huh....so NOW what?
717 240 7864
Judge martins new phone number.
They had to quit answering the old phone number hehehe.
Be polite. Dont make threats. It is legal to call and ask as many questions as you want, or leave ling rambling messages
RULES OF PROPOGANDA
So everything is fine, right?
No QE, but the Fed is buying 90% of the long treasuries, printing by other means. So the net effect long term is still a diluted dollar and nominal dollar uplift in assets. More AU/AG for me, please.
I can tell you that the traffic in Chicago between the junction and downtown is still lightish. At certain times during rush hour I can go 80MPH on 90 in that stretch. On the other hand my partner (we are in a building right next to 141 W Jackson) claims he is talking to lots of business people who are talking about bringing production of stuff back here from abroad and are reactivating existing factories and even building more.
But do yourself a favor and go to http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?s[1][id]=BASE and print yourself a chart of the Adjusted Monetary Base from about the end of 2010 to now, or do a 5 year. It is literally all you need to know. Which is why markets are reversing. The meme just crystallized (Santelli just had a good piece about it on CNBS) that we are at a plateau in Central Bank balance sheet expansion for now. Hence risk off. Will it last? I dont know, that 310Billion EUR in LTRO has to go somewhere and some of it will find its way here. Ultimately it will all depend on whether those squiggly lines on the Monetary Base continue up or not.
Chicago Mafia PMI.
11:45am PPT doing their civil duty.
Amp the Ramp into the close boys.
Those F..king Germans and French are fudging their #'s as well!
"which was the highest employment print since April 1984!"
How Orwellian... how appropriate...