WHITE HOUSE WATCH: FINALLY, TIME TO GET THAT ‘FIRE FAUCI’ TATTOO
–Tension at the Top Over Pending Reopenings By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Thank heavens, tattoo parlors will reopen in a week throughout Georgia. If you’re trying to decide between “Fire Fauci” and “Lock him (her) up,” we’ll leave it up to your good judgment. Your wife can stop in to the nail salon and […]
DATA FLASH: US EXISTING HOME SALES PLUNGE IN MARCH, FIRST OF MANY DIPS
–NAR’s Yun Sees Continued Disruptions, Lower Inventories, Higher Prices By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – U.S. home resales slowed dramatically in March, falling by 8.5% to a 5.27 million annual rate after a February gain, the slowest pace since April 2019 and below the 5.40 million rate expected. The current month’s data still reflect some […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: IS OIL SPECIAL OR LOTS OF BOTTOMLESS HOLES?
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – It’s the night of the living dead in Houston, where the unthinkable happened, oil became worthless. In fact, oil became even worse than worthless. It was a day so bad that you had to pay people to take it. If you were a trader who never took delivery, only […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: ‘DECLINING TRAJECTORY’ DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN DECLINING
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The first rule of virus reporting is to focus on what the virus is doing, despite the many distractions from the White House and statehouses, from anti-mitigation demonstrations to progress reports on testing and the chronic complaints of short supplies. On a beautiful Sunday in many parts of the […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: HOPES VS REALITY? OR HOPES BECOME REALITY?
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The virus is still moving, killing more than 2,000 people in the United States for the fourth day in a row Friday and only for the fifth time ever. The death toll is leveling, on a deadly plateau. Except in those states like Illinois, where the daily death toll […]
IHME: VIRUS DEATHS MAY HAVE PEAKED TWO DAYS AGO; SOME OPENINGS POSSIBLE MAY 4
–Vermont, West Virginia, Montana, and Hawaii May See Early Reopening –Iowa, N/South Dakota, Nebraska, Utah, Arkansas, Oklahoma May Need to Wait Until Late June/Early July. WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the text of a summary of state-by-state analysis of Covid-19 spread and infection rates published Friday afternoon byone of the leading analysis projects, that […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: THE REOPENING, CHAPTER ONE: THE QUESTIONS
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – By one count there were 2,174 virus deaths in the United States in the latest 24 hours, not the worst day this week, yet the question that suggests itself is whether Thursday was the best day to encourage governors to start planning for recovery. “Our experts say the curve […]
DATA FLASH: US INITIAL CLAIMS CONTINUE TO PILE UP; MARCH HOUSING STARTS PLUNGE
–Initial Claims Level Fell By 1.370 Mln to 5.245 Mln, Continuing Claims Spike–Housing Starts Pace Slows to 1.216 Mln SAAR, Permits Slow to 1.353 Mln–April Philadelphia Fed Index Drops To -56.6, Echoing Drop in Empire Survey By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The growth rate of initial claims slowed further in the April 11 week […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH COMMENTARY: VIRUS TOPS ANOTHER GRIM RECORD AMID JAGGED MOSAIC
By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The virus continued painting a clear picture Wednesday of death on the march, killing more in the latest day than ever before, while all the elements that could make up a different picture, of success against the disease, remains a muddled mess. A status report with two weeks to […]
DATA FLASH: US RETAIL SALES PLUNGE 8.7% AS CONSUMERS STAYED HOME
–Food Store Sales Jump 25.6%, Most Other Categories Fall Sharply–Empire State Index Drops to -78.2 in April from -21.5 in March–Industrial Production Falls 5.4%, Manufacturing Down 6.3%, Lows Since 1946 By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – As U.S. consumers heeded government warnings to remain home to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and most business were […]