Telegraph: The US has entered its first full-blown economic recession in 16 years, according to investment bank Merrill Lynch. Merrill,...
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Wow, that’s a pretty ugly chart above. Here are the details, via BLS: "The unemployment rate rose to 5.0 percent in December,...
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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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source: BLS > BLS data has hit the tape, and its a bit of a yawner. As I write this, Dow and S&P are marginally in the...
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A quick comment before dashing off — lots of good stuff queued up today, so get ready. I no longer bother with the Over/Under bet...
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Fun info graphic in NY Mag on "High End" inflation. Everything in New York, both ordinary and luxury goods and services in...
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One of the things we have harped on for quite a long time here at The Big Picture is the flawed BLS Birth Death Model (BDM). Since 2003,...
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ADP says private NFP increased 189,000. Sayeth ADP: "Even in manufacturing, construction, and financial services, sectors where...
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With November’s Non Farm Payroll coming out Friday, we thought a few previews this week might be instructive. One of the...
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I have to jump, but here’s the official release: "Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 166,000 in October, and the unemployment...
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