Joe Weisenthal has a number of post arguing that data are showing cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 green shoots of a robust recovery. I hope he is right, but am leery of jumping cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 gun in believing a real recovery is underway. There is still a shortage of safe assets and liquidity demand remains elevated. What would really convince me that a strong recovery were underway would be a marked improvement in two forward-looking indicators. The first one is a question on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Thompson Reuters/University of Michigan Survey of Consumer Sentiment where households are asked how much cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365ir nominal family income is expected to change over cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 next 12 months. The figure below average response for this question up through February, 2012.
This figure shows that during cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Great Moderation period (1983-2007) households expected cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365ir dollar incomes to grow about 5.3% a year. This relative stability of expected nominal income growth is a testament to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 success of monetary policy during this time. However, since 2008 households have expected 1.6% dollar income growth on average. Until this changes, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re is no way a recovery will take hold. And yes, this speaks poorly of Fed policy since 2008. (My access to this data is limited by a 6-month lag. So if you have access to this data, please let me know cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 latest numbers.)
The second indicator is simply cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 10-year treasury yield. As I noted many times before, this interest rate is currently at historic lows largely because of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 weak economy, not cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Fed (i.e. cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 short-run natural interest rate is depressed due to an increase in desired savings and/or a decrease in desired investment). If cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 economic outlook were to improve, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365n cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 10-year yield would go up because of higher expected real growth as well as some higher expected inflation. And yes, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Fed could do more here by raising expectations of future nominal income growth. An explicit nominal GDP target should do cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 trick:
So until cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365se two forward-looking indicators meaningfully turn around, I will remain hopeful but uncertain about our recovery.
wait...you're in Kentucky ? Always thought you were in TX !
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