Via the miracle of Bloomberg, we can back out of the NFP data the B/D adjustment By that metric, today’s number was actually very...
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Today’s chart porn will be the second to last of our Employment related posts: Gail Dudack’s Research Group was kind enough...
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Courtesy CNBC Fist off, the numbers: BLS reported Payroll employment dropped 20,000, far below the consensus estimates....
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more: The monthly NonFarm Payroll report rolls out today, and the consensus is none too...
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No surprise here: "If the last two recessions are any guide, economists say, the city could be headed into a wrenching reversal that...
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You may have missed this info graphic in the WSJ over the weekend. click thru for full interactive graphic Source:Are You Better Off Now...
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First M3, now . . . Sometimes, when the data is (how shall we say this) less than delightful, politicians pressure bureaucracies to...
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In today’s NYTimes, Floyd Norris hits on a subject that has been a favorite of ours over the years: Finding the true measure of the...
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I have been meaning to post this since Thursday morning : An interview with Joseph Stiglitz, the Columbia Professor who is a Nobel...
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The latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey of economists is out (in the free section of the WSJ). Some of the survey...
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