Talking Their Book > The markets are now screaming at the Fed to do something to arrest inflation concern. Fed governors must now internally debate... Read More
U6 The comprehensive unemployment rate which is referred to as U6 and includes part time workers that want full time jobs and discouraged... Read More
Payrolls April Payrolls fell 539k, 61k better than expected BUT the 2 prior mo’s were revised down by 66k, so taken together, it was about... Read More
NFP Data: “Less bad is the new good” Lost in all of the bank stress tests and market rally is a little data point today: Its the Employment Situation Report. Given the past 6... Read More
Clarity, For Now Clarity is what every investor craves especially in a world of alot of dark alley ways that multiply in a recession. At this moment in... Read More
Job Booms Typically Follow Recessions History shows that job booms typically follow recessions. What will be the next boom industry? Stacey Delo reports 5/7/2009 Read More
Stress Test: 25-to-1 Leverage as a Healthy Bank Target? The Stress test results are in. Over the next few days, these pages will be dissected and analyzed for its results, correlation to... Read More
Three Answers Provided by the Stress Tests There’s a lot that the government’s stress tests won’t be able to answer. But there are three issues that stress tests... Read More
NY Federal Reserve Chairman Resigns Suddenly Wow, that has to be a record for shortest tenure ever at the NY Fed. His resignation letter (below), is as Dealbook notes, rather... Read More
Stress Test Results http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20090507a.htm For release at 5:00 p.m. EDT The results of a comprehensive,... Read More