经合组织12月头对这两年世界经济给了一个新的预测,新的环境主要是疫苗,疫苗就给经济垫了个底,所以这个预测较半年前好了不少(下图上面有一个可以右拉的圆圈,右拉后可见到半年前的预测)。
不过经合组织首席经济学家在评论里说全面恢复还是困难重重,虽然全世界会在明年年底恢复到2019年的水平——也就是说冠疫让大家浪费了两年,但发达国家除了美国没有一个能做到,平均得到2022年才行,浪费了三年。参见这篇《金融时报》专栏。

美国也算独树一帜,据亚特兰大联储几天前的预测,美国第四季总产值是(年率)11.2%(2.8%),也就是说美国今年就能打平,从最近疫情感觉我觉得这不太可能,但它们有模型有数据,难以简单拒绝。然而这与其他不仅仅是直观的数据相冲突,如以前引用过的《金融时报》名博沃尔夫的:

损失的实实在在的,靠赤字债务就能抵过来么?

欧洲都压住了,美国就是不管
冠疫对美国明年一季度的影响如何?投行的判断不很一致,似乎是正面的较多,也许当大家不怕死,美国底层的人多,死几个也没什么大不了的,经济照常运转。当然了,主要的因素是两方面,一是拜登上台后会动用几万亿美元的赤字预算来救济、刺激经济,二是川普和共和党留下的减税、削减政府管制政策因共和党继续统治参议院而得益保留,那样拜登要回到美国原有的光辉时代,共和党也有一个喧哗的场所,社会矛盾继续被掩盖、压制,歌舞升平啊(参见:美国要和谐,需要这么多个万亿 ,包含了美国医保、高教和居住三座大山之外的其他因素)。
下面给出的是美国过去一个月的经济数据。
工业产值(Industrial production,数据滞后,只到10月)。这是美国经济尚未全面恢复最直接的反应。

消费品分类指数

对比一次性产品分类指数

商业供给

这篇报道的数据较新,也反映了两个现象:一,还是经济没有恢复,二是通胀压力不大。



进出口
进出口是中国与世界其他地区,尤其是西方在冠疫后经济恢复不对称最大的反应,如我以前说过,这对中国并不完全是好事,因为不仅反映了中国老百姓缺乏应有的消费能力,也加剧了中国与外界的不融合。不过尽管中国出口暴增,美国赤字也空前,但美国对中国出口也创纪录,同比旋升33%(@ChadBown)。

Cunning sleight of hand from China's statisticians: they waited until @Brad_Setser took a leave of absence from blogging & tweeting to release their trade surplus for November, an all-time record at $75bn. pic.twitter.com/ezOjWAIocD
— Simon Rabinovitch (@S_Rabinovitch) December 7, 2020
“In all seriousness, latest data confirm something that has been clear for a while: failure of Trump's trade war on its own terms. China's surplus with the US has blown out again: a record in November and, on a rolling 12-month basis, nearly 25% higher than when Trump took office”

采购经理指数(PMI,在美国有正规的,但主要的是来自ISM(Institute for Supply Management)的
美国的采购经理指数一直乐观


传统的:

服务业比较



制造业比较










零售(Retail sales)


收入(Personal income)
与零售对应的,是收入,美国个人收入统计不包括社会救济。

扣除通胀同比1.0%。今年的社会救济尤其可观:

国会正在考虑第二轮救济,川普因为落选了,缺乏任何热情

可支配收入是包含了社会救济


就业
《华邮专栏》The November jobs report has no silver lining. Americans need help — now冠疫后美国 就业并没有恢复,而且有停滞的感觉

《彼得森国际经济研究所Peterson Institute for International Economics》Alternative unemployment measures reveal deteriorating US labor market?

餐饮业

失业救济

房产










大家也许没注意到,最近美国面临一个租屋驱赶风潮,几百万人因付不起房租面临被驱赶出门的风险,比蛋壳规模大多了。用信用卡付房租的人数大增:

目前独屋是大家的选择:


联储各大产业区(Regional Fed)







黄皮书

利率,通胀和信贷








消费信心和经济超前经济指数



据一项民调(采样数量一直是个问题):

过八成人拿不出$500应急钱?

【注:一般来说,我搜集的数据属于不付钱那种,数据有可能滞后】