Sy Harding, author of Riding the Bear, writes: “In the fine print of the employment report each month, under a section titled...
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How did we get to that 4.4% unemployment rate? The answer lay in Table A: The “Employment” component expanded by +437k; Note...
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A little over two years ago, I mentioned on Squawk Box that I was taking the "Under" on Non-Farm Payrolls. Since that...
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I’ve been discussed the declining middle class for some time now — see The Disconnect and Economic Classes for a more...
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This is another of our new features: Blogger’s Take. It is inspired by — a nice word for stolen — the WSJ’s...
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For some reason, there seems to be this ongoing wishful thinking that somehow, this economy is creating far more jobs than we are...
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Our previous look at this Absurdly Large BLS Revision simply wasn’t satisfying; So I had to spend some additional time reviewing...
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OK, let’s have a quick look at Friday’s NFP: Yes, we know that 51k new jobs stink; No, it was not a "perfect...
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Boy, I picked a hell of a couple of days to be unplugged. I leave my desk, and the market screams higher. Well, I’m back in the...
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BusinessWeek asks the million dollar question: "What’s Really Propping Up The Economy?" Their answer —...
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