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  1. Blmbg: 1st Am Core Logic est shadow invent 9/09 1.7m homes > 90d delinquent up 55% fm 9/08 http://is.gd/5zxg7
  2. Recovery crux new home construction ~18% US GDP multiplier delayed til existing 6.5 months supply + shadow repos sold http://is.gd/5zwxl
  3. See Calrisk graphs on New Home Sales for big picture. http://bit.ly/4R9wV5
  4. Nov New Residential sales -11.3% MoM 355k annual rate, 7.9 months supply. Weak report since these sales spur economy http://is.gd/5yN4A
  5. BEA: NOV PCE up 0.5% MoM as firings abate, savings rate steady 4.7%. Good news. http://is.gd/5yLMm
  6. Krugman agrees w/ WaPo, CalculatedRisk that Bernanke missed housing, credit bubble. http://is.gd/5xBLY Elites weigh in on re-confirmation.
  7. UK Q3 GDP -0.2%, 6th Qs recession, longest in history. US often mimics UK econ, more evidence US recovery to be slow http://is.gd/5xByK
  8. Q3 After-tax profits for retail corp >$50m million assets avg'd 2.3 cents/sales$, -0.3 QoQ, up 0.7 YoY DoC http://is.gd/5whlp
  9. Nov CFNAI-MA3 improves to -.32 fm -1.02 w/ production and employment up. Above -.7 suggests early phases of recovery. http://is.gd/5wftv
  10. Wash Post broadside: Fed (Bernanke) didn't see looming credit crisis, facilitated it rather than regulated http://is.gd/5vGNp
  11. What is missing for growth? Community banks increase lending. Not happening yet, informal rpts abt 570 banks at risk, consolidation phase.
  12. 2/10 yr Treasuries record 276 bps spread 12/16 = steep yield curve, suggests investors buying mid-term seeing growth http://is.gd/5tPG4
  13. WSJ: Down-Payment Standards Eased a bit in mid-America over last few weeks by lenders, mortgage insurers. http://is.gd/5tOFG
  14. Greenspan warns Congress on looming fiscal crisis, rec statutory commission to limit maneuver room on taxes & spending.http://is.gd/5sxTM
  15. CalRisk graphic on unemployment % http://is.gd/5sxvf large manufacturing states still not improving though 36 states did show improvements
  16. Rosenberg view Great Recession result of a credit bubble so in 2010 investors should remain defensive. Little history of recovery pattern.
  17. Nov Credit Managers Index 55, 2nd month >50 indicating credit activity following hist pattern preparing for growth. http://is.gd/5q3aD
  18. New housing starts moving sideways, Nov at 574K, in same range since June about 570 to 575K SAAR. HT Calrisk http://is.gd/5q1hp
  19. NY Fed Empire State survey diffusion indexes (> 0 improving) http://is.gd/5oC56, most trending down since Oct, inventories still falling.
  20. NY Fed Empire State manufacturing conditions level off in Dec, down 21 pts to 2.6. >0 = expanding. http://is.gd/5oBVn