Developing Data
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The most important pieces of monthly economic data at present are net job creation, change in total employment compensation, and the change in the amount of revolving credit outstanding. Job data tells us how quickly things are improving (slowly), compensation data tells us how much wage inflation is developing (none yet) and revolving credit growth (which has been dismal) tells us how eager households are to make discretionary purchases.