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                February 27
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                FORECAST TABLE             | 
            
                
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                February 27
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                HANDOUT             | 
            
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                February 27
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                FORECAST TABLE             | 
            
                
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                February 27
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                HANDOUT             | 
            
                
HANDOUT
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                February 26
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                BLAME IT ON THE WEATHER?             | 
            
                Mood Change - Rapidly Declining;  Business Travel Slowing, Consumer OK; Home Sales & Prices; Consumer IS Sensitive to Interest Rates; Home Affordability Index - Link to Home Sales Working Again; Retail More Likely to Benefit From Tax Refunds than Wal-Mart's Pay Rise             | 
        
        
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                February 20
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                Food For Thought             | 
            
                
 
 Consumer Credit Originations Modest, but Debt Service  Rising;  Delinquencies Up for Autos & Credit Cards;  Retail Slowing into New Year, but Weather Likely an Issue;  Consumers Still Traveling;  Input Price Inflation Detail Not As Promising as Headline Number, but Outlook OK 
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                February 10
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                JOBS, MONEY AND _____             | 
            
                ACA- avoiding service firms bolster Employment Trends;  Creating (Logically) Jobs for the Young;  Hourly Earnings Data UP/Down, but Total Wage Growth Looks Good;  December a Good Borrowing Month;  Birth/Death Adjustments Boost Employment... Uh, Oh;  Tax Refunds Earlier This Year than Last             | 
        
        
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                February 4
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                HANDOUT             | 
            
                
Handout with Forecast Table
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                February 4
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                February 4
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                HANDOUT             | 
            
                
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                February 3
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                BEST OF MOMENTUM             | 
            
                
Consumer Spending Highlights
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                February 3
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                When A Port is Not A Safe Harbor             | 
            
                Looks like West Coast Port issues cost retailers and exporters, sales, but caused an inventory build that propelled GDP.  Charts:  Real Consumer Income & Spending; Retail Unit inventories & Sales;  MFG Unit Inventories & Sales; Consumer Energy Spending; Compensation-Wages-Benefits; Household Growth             | 
        
        
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