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33 Post(s) for January 2013

Brazil's unemployment rate remains in gentle downtrend	2013/01/31 21:15
US GDP flat in Q4 -- another ambiguous sign	2013/01/30 20:25
Housing inventory back to boomtime lows	2013/01/29 23:27
Horiba, though not a water bet, is an interesting company	2013/01/28 19:39
Everything is fine, just like 2007	2013/01/26 01:49
Despite improvements in the US housing market, the backlog of distressed loans remains very high	2013/01/24 21:47
World trade is still on a path of steady growth	2013/01/24 00:48
China industrial production has bottomed, but so has the inflation rate	2013/01/23 22:13
Two rosy outlooks and a caveat	2013/01/22 03:04
The risk of Greece destabilizing the euro is diminished, but not gone	2013/01/21 23:17
Demographic turning point for China	2013/01/18 20:49
Limited choices to invest in water monitoring equipment	2013/01/18 00:28
Informed debate would be nice	2013/01/17 21:20
Euro zone construction spending still shrinking	2013/01/17 19:06
John Deere -- attractive and expensive	2013/01/16 22:01
US industrial production still ambiguous	2013/01/16 20:49
Junk bond bubble	2013/01/15 22:19
European industrial production fell further in November	2013/01/14 20:56
Household credit growth in Brazil might be slowing	2013/01/12 20:33
Abengoa -- nice projects, poor financials	2013/01/12 03:19
US irrigation has become steadily more efficient since about 1980	2013/01/10 07:58
US crude production -- not quite up to the hype, but still a notable upturn	2013/01/09 21:00
Euro area unemployment continues to worsen	2013/01/08 18:11
US natural gas production and consumption were in balance in 2012	2013/01/08 06:26
Only Wisconsin shows solid performance on state retirement funds	2013/01/07 21:06
State and local government debt worsened slightly in 2010	2013/01/06 18:33
Worrisome hints in the employment report	2013/01/05 08:05
Three purchases by Buffett suggest photovoltaic has come of age	2013/01/03 16:45
Veolia doesn't make money	2013/01/03 02:15
Uptrend in US construction spending driven by residential	2013/01/02 21:06
Pipes -- Private equity got there first	2013/01/02 05:15
Water reuse is almost certain to increase	2013/01/01 22:41
China PMIs probably indicate growth	2013/01/01 02:35