December 2013 Macro Pulse -- Farewell to 2013

As 2013 draws to a close, the debate over the U.S. economy’s true condition continues unabated. Statistics can be found to support almost any opinion. Our own position is that the “patient” is not as healthy as it could be, but we readily admit at least some of the adverse symptoms seen during the Great Recession have disappeared -- for the time being.

Click here to read about several important indicators in the December 2013 Macro Pulse recap.

The Macro Pulse blog is a commentary about recent economic developments affecting the forest products industry. The monthly Macro Pulse newsletter summarizes the previous 30 days of commentary available on this website.