Some low-profile U.S. weekly data

There's some data that I would consider useful in gauging the pace of the US growth story and I think no one can deny this. Just look at late 2008's path compared to normal trends or 2007's curve.

Those are, already presented here, Edison US Electricity Output usage and American Association of Railroads Freight Carloads.

Shown below in 4-week moving averages:

For the Railroad thingie... considering the last data point vs 2010's 7-May data (52week change)... it is the worst YoY net-change since Jul2010. Too early to say whatever. But, you know. It's here.

For Electricity Output the data is the worst YoY since February, easily spotted on the chart too. So here, nothing standing out.

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