Month: May 2017

Elliot on NPR’s Marketplace 5/3/17 – Just 34 percent of homes have regained pre-recession values. Is that a bad thing?

05/03/2017

Elliot talks with Marketplace’s Annie Baxter about the housing market recovery on 5/3/17. Listen to the interview.

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Airline Altercation

05/02/2017

Last year 700 million passengers flew in the US and 40,600 were involuntarily bumped, meaning 0.0058% of all passengers were re-accommodated. That’s down from 0.0063% in 2015 when 43,700 passengers were involuntarily bumped out of 690 million. While it’s a…

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Glum Growth

05/01/2017

While auto sales chipped 0.45 of a percent off 0.7% 17Q1 GDP growth, residential construction added 0.50 a percentage point. Personal spending was surprisingly weak and deserves watching, but should improve. Fortunately, corporate investment boosted GDP by 0.49 of a…

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