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Steven Hansen

Managing Partner at Econintersect LLC
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Steven Hansen, Publisher and Co-founder of Econintersect, is an international business and industrial consultant specializing in turning around troubled business units; consults to governments to optimize process flows; and provides economic indicator analysis based on unadjusted data and process ...more
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ECRI's WLI Growth Index Rate Statistically Unchanged - Testing - Future Posting
Friday, August 11, 2017 12:00 AM EDT
ECRI's WLI Growth Index which forecasts economic growth six months forward remains in positive territory for over one year.
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October 2014 Coincident Indicator Review: Economy's Rate Of Growth Remains Nearly Constant
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:12 AM EDT
There is general agreement that the economy is expanding - all show the rate of growth is nearly flat (not increasing or decreasing to any significant degree) - and the growth is remaining fairly stable.
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November 2014 Texas Manufacturing Survey Rate Of Growth Slows
Monday, November 24, 2014 4:28 PM EDT
Of the four Federal Reserve districts which have released their November manufacturing surveys, all are forecasting growth.
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Is There A Rental Shortage - Inflation Threat?
Saturday, November 22, 2014 12:00 PM EDT
In the rental housing market, demand is eroding supply at a rapid rate according to recent data - likely due to changing demographics and preferences. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is based 40% on housing costs - so the logical conclusion is that a rapid rise in inflation is just around the corner.
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Kansas City Fed: Manufacturing Growth Strengthens In November 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014 1:58 PM EDT
Of the three regional manufacturing surveys released to date for November, all show manufacturing expansion.
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Rail Week Ending 15 November 2014: Another Soft Week Inside A General Growth Cycle
Friday, November 21, 2014 6:37 AM EDT
Rail growth this week continues to demonstrate an improving economy - but the rate of growth softened in all of the rolling averages.
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October 2014 Leading Economic Index Up Sharply, Good Growth Predicted Throught The Holiday Season
Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:24 AM EDT
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S. improved sharply 0.9% over last month. The index growth has been noisy but remains in a growth trend.
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29 October 2014 FOMC Meeting Minutes: Some Concern Over Decline In Market-Based Inflation Expectations
Thursday, November 20, 2014 6:44 AM EDT
FOMC participants' views on current conditions and the economic outlook.
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Residential Building Sector Again Mixed In October 2014, But Long Term Growth Still Trending Down
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:40 PM EDT
Residential building permits were a mixed bag. Although the amount of permits was higher than completions this month - the amount of permits continues to trend down.
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October 2014 Sea Container Counts Showing Exports Falling Of The Proverbial Cliff
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:06 AM EDT
Export container counts continue to weaken, which is a warning that the global economy is slowing. Export three month rolling averages continue to decelerate - being in negative territory year-over-year.
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October 2014 Industrial Production Marginally Declines, Under Expectations
Monday, November 17, 2014 10:23 AM EDT
Headline seasonally adjusted Industrial Production (IP) decreased 0.1% month-over-month and up 4.0% year-over-year.
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Burning The Fuel Of Economic Growth
Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:31 AM EDT
Today's elevated levels of consumer credit are an economic headwind in a consumer driven economy. Too much consumer credit outstanding constrains economic growth, as does too little consumer credit.
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Import And Export Prices Deflation Continues In October 2014 - Significant Decline This Month
Friday, November 14, 2014 2:12 PM EDT
Year-over-year import prices deflated again this month, whilst export prices also deflated. Both oil price indices and food declined this month, there were a lot of negative numbers in all sections of imports and exports.
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September 2014 Business Inventories And Sales Growth Is Relatively Unchanged
Friday, November 14, 2014 11:56 AM EDT
The way data is released, differences between the business releases pumped out by the U.S. Census Bureau are not easy to understand with a quick reading.
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Retail Sales Continues Relatively Strong In October 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014 10:32 AM EDT
Unadjusted sales rate of growth decelerated 1.4% month-over-month, and up4.6% year-over-year.
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Rail Week Ending 08 November 2014: Soft Period Inside A General Growth Cycle
Friday, November 14, 2014 4:04 AM EDT
Week 45 of 2014 shows same week total rail traffic (from same week one year ago) grew according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) traffic data.
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