Bifurcation

The key reason investors believe the economy is improving is because the surveys; the ISMs, consumer confidence and regional Fed polls of manufacturing sentiment have been strong. Auto and chain store sales were also decent. But other data reports like industrial production, single-family starts, real consumer spending, core capex orders and shipments and construction spending were all down. Think bifurcation.

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