EconomPics of the Week (12/16/11)

Economic Data

Breaking Down CPI

Real Retails Sales per Capita

Real Retail Sales Ex Autos and Gas Makes New High

Consumer Credit (Excluding Student Loans) Now Below 50 Year Average

Public Sector Balance Sheets Leveraged to Offset Private Sector Deleveraging

Global
China's Slowing Treasury Purchases

Will the US be Importing Deflation?
Trade Deficit Narrows

Global Manufacturing Recession or Noise?

Asset Classes
European Expectations and the Price of Gold

Why Do Large Cap Firm's Trade at a Discount to Market?

And your video of the week... The Black Keys with 'Gold on the Ceiling' off their (AWESOME) new album El Camino.