July 2012 - Page 34 of 39 - The Big Picture

Interesting chart out of ADP. Looks like ADP is trying to repair a bit of their reputation as a proxy for BLS: > click for bigger...

U.S. Fiscal Policy: Headwind or Tailwind? By Brian Lucking and Dan Wilson July 2, 2012 Aggregate state, local, and...

The Wall Street Journal – Barclays Notes Suggest Government Pressure on Libor The unfolding rate-fixing scandal at Barclays PLC took an...

Lots of chatter out there about a housing bottom and recovery. Whether true or not the U.S. labor market sure could use one even though...

My afternoon Baltic reads: • Behold, the British establishment, panicked (BBC News) see also Libor, the universe and everything...

A Random Walk Through My Inbox John Mauldin July 3, 2012 Even while here in Tuscany I go on reading my email, albeit...

In her segment “Off the Charts,” Scarlet Fu analyzes the level of comfort the workforce exhibited before and after the...

It was as obvious 300 years ago as it is today: “Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the...

ADP said private sector job gains in June were 176k, well above expectations of 100k and May was revised up by 3k to 136k. The service...

Click to enlarge: MarketBeat (WSJ Blog) – Earnings Preview: Companies Getting More Pessimistic With another earnings season on the...