In our relentless attempt to get at the Truth, we often spill pixels showing how government data makes things appear rosier than they are...
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chart via BLS > The U.S. lost jobs for the fifth consecutive month, as nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down. For May...
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Another month in the books, and another NFP report. Job creation has been flat to negative for the past 5 months or so. According to...
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Jim Rogers on Banks & Commodities: Click for video Excerpt: "Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, said the increase in the...
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Bloomberg’s Caroline Baum reviews the book Deception and Abuse at the Fed: "Until the U.S. Federal Reserve took the...
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Wild day in the pits — DJIA up 213.97, Nasdaq up 46.80 (and over its 200 day moving average!). Crude oil up over $6 intraday,...
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We have a rugby scrum! ProBanks, ProLehman: Dick Fuld (Lehman CEO), Charlie Gasparino (CNBC), Doug Kass (Seabreeze Partners), Thomas...
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From today’s WSJ, we see this critique about the Bear Stearns Bailout from an insider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Jeffrey...
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Kudos to TSCM for moving to flash, rather than that crappy WMP video, they used to use. (Hey Bloomberg! How about you?) I’m told...
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As a follow up to ISM the other day, I wanted to pass along this chart, showing stagnant growth, but a big spike in prices paid: via Jake
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