Huzzah! 274,000 New Jobs
Monster number out of the BLS this morning: Not only did employers ramp up hiring in April, but the awful Jobs data for March were...
Brace yourself, Bertha — Its NFP Day
Well, its that time of the month again. Not that — its time for the monthly release of the Non-Farm Payroll data from BLS. (Yeah!)...
Economists React to the Fed
Ok, this WSJ posting festival ends now. Just one more, please? All right, last one:> As expected, the Federal Reserve increased its...
Impact of Fed on Short-term Trading
Is there any pattern to trading around the FOMC meeting? click for larger graph chart courtesy of Michael Panzner >Michael Panzner,...
Astounding Incompetance at the Federal Reserve
The Fed inadvertently left a sentence out of the FOMC: (Dow Jones)–The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it inadvertently left out one...
Parsing the Fed
It is Fed today. As usual, the WSJ‘s provides an excellent dissection of the Fed Statement: WSJ: "THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S...
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves . . .
Anticipating the Kremlinologists dissecting of the Fed Statement: via Yahoo...
Is the Fed a Leading or Lagging Indicator?
That’s the question for today: Is the Fed an Indicator that leads the market, or do they lag? That question was provoked by...
Anti-Bubble or Anti-Inflation?
As we have been discussing for some time, Real Estate remains the most robust sector of the economy. It also reveals the reason why the...
Chart of the Week: China M2 Money Supply vs. Chinese GDP
Is China a leading or lagging indicator? (Possibly both). China M2 Money Supply vs. Chinese GDPclick for larger chart Source: Michael...