BLS data on Nonfarm payrolls is out, and its fugly: NFP fell 17,000 in January — the first decline since August 2003 (-42,000)....
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Tomorrow, we find out just how much the B/D adjustment overstated true job creation in 2007. Every year, the Annual CES benchmark...
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Barron’s Mike Santoli looks at one of our favorite pet peeves: The use and abuse of data. His column this week, The Limits of...
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Today’s chart porn (below) comes from the NYT: A Revival of 1992’s Glum Mood. The current situation was summed up by David...
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Andrew Burkly of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co puts out a list of significant numbers each January. Its a clever way to think about...
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The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index has been released, and it is once again, an exercise in spin. Stable...
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Once more unto the breach . . . This morning is the "all-important" December 2007 Non-Farm Payroll reports. Bloomberg’s...
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With the Iowa Caucuses tonight, its as good a time as any to ask, what is wrong with this picture? Via UCSC Health Care Spending and Life...
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Our original thesis back in May 2005 was that Home prices could retrace as much as 25%-35% from the peak to re-establish a normalized...
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