[1]Recent data releases have contained mixed messages. Bulls cling to anecdotal data points to support their 'recovery around the corner' green-shoots justification for equity valuations while bears remain mired in the reality of a slow and dismal recovery-less recovery. The following 13 charts (with 1 bright shining point of government sponsored exuberance) paint a different picture than the all-time high stock prices suggest.
Activity
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Consumer
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Labor
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Housing
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Charts: Barclays
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[2] http://www.zerohedge.com/taxonomy_vtn/term/7847
[3] http://www.zerohedge.com/taxonomy_vtn/term/12218
[4] http://www.zerohedge.com/taxonomy_vtn/term/11361
[5] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2013/08/20130806_13_2.jpg
[6] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2013/08/20130806_13_3.jpg
[7] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2013/08/20130806_13_4.jpg
[8] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2013/08/20130806_13_1.jpg