Corporate Sector Comes Alive
The corporate sector has received too little attention from financial media of late. Individual firms, of course, continue to attract media interest, especially if a scandal develops, but few these […]
Tag Archives: capital spending
Business Confidence Hangs on Trump Action
The burst of market enthusiasm over Trump’s election victory clearly has had a reflection in the real business community. Spending on new capital equipment, including the technologies embodied in it, […]
An Agenda for Trump
The great stock market rally since the election has proceeded on hopes that Trump will keep his more welcome campaign promises and forget others. Now, the White House needs to […]
First Good News in a While
December has brought the first good news on capital spending in a long while. The Census Bureau reported that non-defense capital goods orders in October rose a remarkably robust 14.5 […]
A Desperate Need For Optimism
Where are the “animal spirits” that once motivated American business? Their absence bodes ill for the future. This plea must sound as if it emerged from a Trump harangue, but […]
A Threat to Growth, Now and Over the Long Haul
Capital spending continues to weaken. All indicators, whatever the source, show that business and industry remain reluctant to spend on new structures, new equipment, even new systems and computing power. […]
Wage Gains: Good and Not
Wages have begun to accelerate. According to the Labor Department, hourly compensation in this economy has risen faster than inflation for ten of the last twelve quarters. For those who […]
Signs of Fundamental Economic Weakness
Just about everyone these days wrings his or her hands over the state of the economy. Some concerns are bogus, some legitimate. One of fundamental importance has received less notice […]
Why So Little Capital Spending?
One of the biggest disappointments in this generally disappointing recovery is the relative lack of capital spending by business. All areas fall short relative to cyclical norms, whether premises, equipment, […]
Capital Spending: Not the Prettiest of Pictures
The emerging picture on capital spending is far from encouraging. To be sure, a number of temporary influences beset the quarter just past, a circumstance that will likely produce a […]
Thirty Tomorrows 