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Weekly Economic Update 02-20-26: Home Builder Confidence; Building Permits & Housing Starts; PCE Inflation; and 4th Quarter GDP
The economy grew much slower than expected in the fourth quarter...well, slower than the "experts" expected.
Feb 20
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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Weekly Economic Update 02-13-26: Small Business Optimism; Retail Sales; January Employment; Existing Home Sales; and Consumer Price Index
Consumers aren't buying homes or the stuff that goes in them.
Feb 13
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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Weekly Economic Update 02-06-26: A New Fed Chair; ISM Manufacturing Index; ISM Services Index; and January ADP Employment
The President's Fed Chair appointee seems to not understand basic monetary policy.
Feb 6
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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January 2026
Weekly Economic Update 01-30-26: Gold & Silver; Durable Goods; Factory Orders; Consumer Confidence; and Producer Price Index
Gold and silver are taking off as the dollar weakens and inflation returns.
Jan 30
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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Weekly Economic Update 01-23-26: Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization; Personal Income & Spending; and PCE Inflation
The Fed's favorite measure of inflation shows they still have work to do. Unfortunately, they are making the problem worse.
Jan 23
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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Weekly Economic Update 01-16-26: Artificial Intelligence; Existing Home Sales; Small Business Optimism; Retail Sales; and the Consumer Price…
Capping credit card interest rates is a very bad idea.
Jan 16
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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Weekly Economic Update 01-09-26: ISM Manufacturing & Services Indices; Factory Orders; Third Quarter Productivity; JOLTS; and December…
The views and opinions expressed in this post are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Georgia Institute of…
Jan 9
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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Weekly Economic Update 01-02-26: Consumer Sentiment; Gross Domestic Product; Existing Home Sales; Durable Goods; and Industrial Production
A New Year and a New Weekly Economic Update!
Jan 2
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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December 2025
Weekly Economic Update 12-26-25: An Update on Bitcoin Performance in 2025
Gold is up 70% while Bitcoin is down 10%...one is real money, one is not.
Dec 26, 2025
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Chad Teague
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Weekly Economic Update 12-19-25: November Employment; Home Builder Confidence; Retail Sales; and the Consumer Price Index
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!
Dec 19, 2025
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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Weekly Economic Update 12-12-25: Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision; Personal Income & Spending; PCE Inflation; Consumer Credit; JOLTS…
The Fed cut rates again this week, and said they don't see any inflation. Clearly they have their eyes closed.
Dec 12, 2025
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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Weekly Economic Update 12-05-25: ISM Manufacturing & Services Indices; and ADP Employment; Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization; and…
Slowly but surely the data is starting to come back and catch up.
Dec 5, 2025
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
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