Today’s NFP data has the potential of being extremely significant to the market — more so than usual. Why? Blame Interest...
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In case you missed it, there was a front page NYT story on Women’s decreasing work force participation. We have covered the issue...
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I have a new column up at TheStreet.com, titled The Street Gets Inflation Threat Backwards. It is an expansion of a few recent...
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Yesterday, we discussed the lack of wage inflation and all the slack in the Labor market. To really understand how little "[wage]...
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One of the odder aspects of analyzing the economy and capital markets comes when you reach a significant disagreement with the mainstream...
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As the 5 year chart below reveals, there has been no wage pressure in the economy over the past 5 years. The most recent drop and snap...
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Let’s call the job and wage data somewhat contradictory. Perhaps nuanced is a better word. Understanding why the series has...
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The title to this post comes from Barron’s Alan Abelson in this morning’s column. It refers to the usual-suspect Street...
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I spend 5 minutes on Forbes talking with my hands; Hopefully, this was an aberration and not the start of some new, full body, spasmodic...
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Its the first Friday of the month, and you know what that means: Nonfarm Payroll data for the prior month. With the consensus...
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