Initial Jobless Claims fall to 8 week low but…
Initial Claims totaled 454k, an 8 week low and 6k below expectations, offsetting a revision upwards by 3k to last week’s level of...
AAII: 25% Bulls, 42% Bears
The WSJ’s Heard on the Street column notes that “individual investors are getting scared. That could be a good thing.”...
First Pictures: Big Bang
Well, not quite. But the European Space Agency released a spectacular picture of the microwave sky Monday, an artful mosaic of...
All is not economically lost if you are in Asia…
All is not economically lost if you are in Asia (Malaysia raised rates) or have big exposure to it. Australia’s June jobs report...
GMO’s James Montier is Blogging Again
James Montier has consistently been one of the most interesting analysts on the other side of the pond. But since James joined Jeremy...
Stop This Partisan Shit!
I love this series of posters based on WWII-era propaganda graphics, designed by Jeff of Life Outtacontex. > > Hat tip boingboing
Smackdown! Rosenberg vs Epstein
David Rosenberg went nuclear on Barron’s Gene Epstein yesterday for overly optimistic economic forecasts (we previously took Mr....
Ag prices continue higher
Adding to the daily inflation/deflation debate, much has been made of the drop in industrial material prices, including energy, (Journal...
A “Temporary” Gap? Let’s Hope So.
The “temp jobs lead employment” line (a truism, to be sure) has been floated since that series began to turn up about ten...