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                February 27
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                HANDOUT             | 
            
                
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                February 22
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                LET THE TAX REFUNDS, LOWER WITHHOLDING & BONUS PAYMENTS BEGIN             | 
            
                Expect a Spending or be Worried; Tax Refunds Help Large Purchases...If Additional Lending is Available; Unusual Credit Cycle;  Today's Rates Higher than Existing Mortgage Pool --- beware; Non Store growth 2x Other Retail; Consumer Import Prices Plunge             | 
        
        
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                February 12
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                MIXED UP MESSAGES             | 
            
                Moods Low vs Year Ago as Consumers Doubt Tax Reform;  Expecting Higher Wages, But No Plans to Spend; Easier Credit Expected by More, Tough More Difficulty Availability  Expected by Most; Plan to Move?  Fewer and Fewer; Could Be Rates 
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                February 12
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                MIXED UMESSAGEAS             | 
            
                
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                February 8
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                NEED WAGES & JOBS             | 
            
                Labor Costs Rising with Variable Benefits, Not Fixed Wages; What's with Services Jobs slowing?; We Forecast Somewhat Better Wage Growth in 2018; Which Consumers Will Need to Cove Necessity Spending; Too Much Debt? Big Downward Revisions at Core Logic             | 
        
        
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                February 2
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                THIS IS ALL VERY CONFUSING             | 
            
                Jobs Gain in January But Workweek Lengthens and average Hourly Earnings Slow; The Birth/Death Adjustment Revised Up?; Unadjusted Jobs July-January Show Slowing Since 2015; Keep Your Eye on The ECI; Mortgage Rates Rising Rapidly; Mortgage Rates, Tax Reform threats to Housing             | 
        
        
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