Monday, March 19, 2012

Long-Term Charts Of The ECRI WLI & ECRI WLI, Gr. – March 16, 2012 Update


As I stated in my July 12, 2010 post ("ECRI WLI Growth History"):
For a variety of reasons, I am not as enamored with ECRI’s WLI and WLI Growth measures as many are.
However, I do think the measures are important and deserve close monitoring and scrutiny.
The movement of the ECRI WLI and WLI, Gr. is particularly notable at this time, as ECRI publicly announced on September 30 that the U.S. was “tipping into recession,” and ECRI has reaffirmed that view since, with the most recent statement on March 15 ("Why Our Recession Call Stands.")

Below is a long-term chart, on a weekly basis through the March 16 release (data through March 9 with current value of 125.1), of the ECRI WLI (defined at ECRI’s glossary) from Doug Short’s blog post of March 16 titled "ECRI Reaffirms Its Recession Call With New Analysis" :

(click on charts to enlarge images)

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This next chart depicts, on a long-term basis, the WLI, Gr. through the March 16 release (data through March 9):


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I post various economic indicators and indices because I believe they should be carefully monitored.  However, as those familiar with this blog are aware, I do not necessarily agree with what they depict or imply.
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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

SPX at 1404.17 as this post is written

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