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wholesale sales down .5% in May, expected to be up .3. inventories down .3%, expected to be up .1. Liz on crapvision points out it's a lagging indicator - as pointed out here before, there are only 2 kinds of economic data - good news and lagging indicators. :D :D

All data are "lagging" indicators (the nature of sampling to predict future probabilities) - more caca for the "investing masses" to munch on.

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Modern Zen: if there's a recovery but no new jobs, then is it a recovery?

 

ANALYSIS: Is Japan Experiencing A Jobless Recovery?

 

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Rising high-tech company shares helped boost the Nikkei Stock Average to over 10,000 yen temporarily on July 8 for the first time in over 10 months, however such firms are unlikely to have much effect on employment. Having survived the bursting of the IT bubble, executives are focusing on restructuring.

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