tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post4375273050294509555..comments2024-02-26T05:51:17.859-05:00Comments on Economic Disconnect: You Know The Worst is Behind us When...EconomicDisconnecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-22210218185837315672008-04-24T15:36:00.000-04:002008-04-24T15:36:00.000-04:00WT,You're not he only one that is taking notice to...WT,<BR/><BR/>You're not he only one that is taking notice to the decline. Gas prices are surging here in FL. Look like $4/gal or more by summers end.<BR/><BR/>GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-39883181443998645902008-04-22T13:46:00.000-04:002008-04-22T13:46:00.000-04:00If I could add one more thing, I'm trying not to b...If I could add one more thing, I'm trying not to be a "fearmonger" but I have seen a change at the mall. Saturday night it looked like a ghost town in there. Keep in mind that where I live there is practically nothing to do except eat and go to the mall. What I'm saying is that I am seeing a change here at the local level. I did not see this change earlier in the year so much.<BR/>With our gasoline prices rising at a considerable rate here lately, maybe that is what is waking people up (not to mention food prices).<BR/>I am old enough to remember what a recession is and it is not fun.<BR/>I was in high school and if you didn't know someone, you had a HARD time finding a job in even the fast food industry.<BR/>I don't know what else to say, except it looks like even here in the heartland it is starting to slow down.<BR/><BR/>DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-74668163788863160592008-04-22T12:31:00.000-04:002008-04-22T12:31:00.000-04:00My family and I drove to the mall to eat at the It...My family and I drove to the mall to eat at the Italian restaurant Saturday night and I noticed that there were a lot vacancies in there. What is interesting is that someone is building another shopping plaza across the street from the current one. I'm not sure if I understand the logic of building another plaza when you can't even keep the current one close to capacity but I guess they know what they are doing.<BR/><BR/>About the banks...I wouldn't worry too much about it, after all it's like the Monkees say,<BR/><BR/> "Another pleasant valley Sunday<BR/>Charcoal burning everywhere<BR/>Rows of houses that are all the same<BR/>And no one seems to care"<BR/><BR/>More bread! More circuses!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207581886255094115.post-38248703431582092842008-04-21T21:36:00.000-04:002008-04-21T21:36:00.000-04:00I don't know about equities but it looks like the ...I don't know about equities but it looks like the bond market may finally be pricing in a little inflation, which is going to lead to higher interest rates and and even bigger drag on housing and corporate profits except large multinational and ones which will benefit from a falling dollar. Interesting today in that bond yields were rising with the dollar falling, it usually doesn't work that way although it may just be a temporary event.<BR/><BR/>KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com