181 The US Economy: Back On Track?

Jon Alternative Media, Blogosphere, Economy

The weekly rail traffic report published by the Association of American Railroads (‘AAR’) provides a great snapshot of US economic activity almost in real (weekly) time.
Last July we noted that we were starting to witness some signals of a trend change, now suggesting a softening. But much has happened since then, including a broadly unexpected change in the political direction of the US. Have those signals been reversed as a result?
Let’s start with some general indicators.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Jan 13, 2017.