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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Morning Journal-Bernanke's mistakes


Economics
This Week’s Data


July industrial production was reported at +0.6% versus expectations of +0.5%; capacity utilization came in at 79.4% versus estimates of 79.2%.
http://scottgrannis.blogspot.com/2012/08/industrial-production-remains-healthy.html

Weekly jobless claims rose 5,000 versus forecasts of up 1,000.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/08/weekly-initial-unemployment-claims_16.html

July housing starts fell 1.8% versus expectations of a 1.3% drop; however, building permits soared 7.5% versus estimates of a 1.5% increase.