Larry Summers: Wrong Man for the Job
I have been wondering why the new administration has continued carrying out the ruinous, misguided policies of the Bush administration...
Deep Inside the Dow
Deep Inside the Dow April 3, 2009 By John Mauldin Tonight (Saturday) some 450 people will come together in San Diego to honor Richard...
Financial Fantasyland
Fantabulous infographic via The Economist April Fool’s day goof . . > > Source: The Economist Group expands Economist.com,...
S&P500 Percentage Swings
Ron Griess runs The Chart Store. He always has some fabulous charts each week on the site. This one really caught my eye this weekend: >
Broader Unemployment Measure Hits 15.6%
The U6 Measure of Labor Under-utlization is the broadest measure of Unemployment the BLS releases: U6 Unemployment Via Jake of Econompic
Temporary Help Services Employment Down 27%
NFP day continues apace here at TBP, as we separate that which leads out from the lagging portion of the employment data. For that, we go...
Video-o-rama: The road to recovery
Video-o-rama: The road to recovery Video footage this week centered around the G20 meeting, the FASB’s decision to relax...
Navigating Equities After a Financial Crisis
I am very pleased to introduce Lakshman Achuthan to TBP readers. Lakshman Achuthan is co-founder and managing director of the Economic...
NFP Falls 663k
BLS: Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline sharply in March (-663,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 8.1 to 8.5 percent,...
NFP: Understanding the Lag
NFP is out shortly, and the consensus is for an ugly number. U3 Unemployent is expected to rise to 8.5%, NFP loss is for 660k, according...