I am running out to the AMEX, but I wanted to make sure you read a piece in today’s NYT by David Leonhardt: For Many, a Boom That...
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Merrill Lynch says that they (ML) are through the worst of the credit crisis. RBC Capital Markets believes that whether that is the case...
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This weekend, we noted that in terms of job creation, the 2002-07 post-recession recovery was the very worst in the post-WWII era. This...
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This is the updated version of the chart I used yesterday, showing this 2003-08 cycle, courtesy of Spencer England’s Economic...
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The March employment data was much worse than expected: NonFarm Payroll down 80,000, Unemployment Rate 5.1%, all prior revisions worsen...
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A few quick thoughts on this morning’s NFP data: Today’s number has a consensus forecast of minus 70k 50k, but as we’ve...
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Today’s Initial Unemployment Claims surprised quite a few people: In the week ending March 29, the initial claims...
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Yesterday, I referenced Matt Trivisonno’s chart on federal withholding taxes in order to defenestrate some wildly inaccurate...
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Here’s some more bad news for John Q. Public: We all know that the fun of the past few years Housing binge / ATM withdrawal / GDP...
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Lots of good looking infographics in the papers today: First up: The Wall Street Journal. This solo chart starts out simple, looking at...
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