Periodical Data Releases

This post compiles all periodically released economical and market data.

Economic Indicators

• Chicago Fed National Activity Index, monthly, toward the end of each month
• ECRI Weekly Leading Index, weekly, every Friday
• Bureau of Economic Analysis Gross Domestic Product, monthly,  last day of each month

Market Indicators

• AAII Individual Investor Sentiment Survey, weekly, every Thursday morning

FOMC Meeting and Economic Cycles

Today, Moody's economist Mark Zandi predicts that Fed will take QE action "in a few months" due to the fact that economy will be a bad shape.  I don't want to endorse the validity of his prediction, rather it makes me feel interested with the actions that Fed took during the crisis between late 2008 and early 2009, and how market reacted to them.   By analyzing these Fed actions and market's reactions, we can get important information about dynamics that drives market timing.

More analysis on FOMC statements will come under this topic.