*Sigh* Another month, another Jobs number. My thinking about all aspects of this monthly exercise has evolved. I have gone from...
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"The question is, does a recession seem a plausible scenario in the current circumstances … with inflation near post-World War...
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Nonfarm payrolls increased 111,000 last month. December was revised upwards to a very respectable 206,000 (from167,000), while November...
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Its that time: Today, we get January Non-Farm Payroll data from the BLS. Consensus is 167,000 new jobs, with unemployment steady at 4.5%....
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DOH! I thought I posted this before I headed out earlier today — here is a belated update ~~~Heckuva a number, Ben. As...
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A couple of things to keep an eye on when the NFP numbers come out at 8:30am this morning: 1) Consensus is 115,000 for new jobs in...
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David Leonhardt, in today’s NYT column, It’s the Year to Keep an Eye on Paychecks: "Before the present wage surge began,...
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John Mauldin took the weekend off, so I offered up the most recent Market Commentary from RR&A as a guest piece: Real Estate...
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Let’s have a go at some historical charts that might be influencing the FOMC today. Everyone is pretty much expecting a "No...
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Last month, we retired the Over/Under bet. The monthly and annual BLS revisions have conspired to make the initial numbers all but...
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