2016-07-27davidstockmanscontracorner.com

Sales have nearly doubled from the June 2010 and June 2011 lows of 28,000 to this June's 54,000. But this is still down sharply from the June 2005 peak of 115,000 units. At the same time, it barely exceeds the low of 47,000 reached in June 1991 and 53,000 in June 1992 during that recession...

From the 2002 recession until this year, nominal median household income has risen by approximately 32%, using estimated 2% increases for 2015 and this year, which is consistent with the BLS data on nominal wage growth. However, the rate of sales per million people has declined by almost 22% over that period



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