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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I was surprised at the reaction to the Zero Sum intro yesterday. I keep forgetting there are lots of bad memes and worse ideas that have...
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The dismal set has gotten all hot and bothered over the preliminary ADP data, thought by some to be an early read on the NFP report....
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As expected, GDP was up nearly 5% in Q1 2006 — the 4.8% rise comes on top of the "tepid" 1.7% gain in Q4. Once again,...
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We’ve run numerous stories discussing the decline of the middle class in the US. Historically, the middle class as we have come to...
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The wealthiest quintile’s total wages income are down 8.3% after taxes? That counter-inutitive statement is shown in the chart...
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On Wednesday, we noted that the consumer had become increasingly leveraged. Yesterday, we looked at the relationship between consumer...
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