4/2/09

Durable goods orders and the business cycle


The Commerce Department said orders for manufactured goods rose 1.8 percent in February, reversing six straight monthly declines and easily beating estimates of another drop. Other economic indicators came in better than expected Wednesday, including construction spending and pending home sales.

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1 comment:

Seneca said...

Since commodity prices are set by worldwide supply and demand and by the relative value of the U.S. dollar, it seems too pat to assert a tight link between U.S. durable goods orders and commodity prices. In fact, the graph in your own video clip shows very weak growth in U.S. durable goods orders in the period 2007-2008 and a huge surge in commodity prices in 2008.