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Economics / job creation, jobs, unemployment /

Signs of Life? Part 3

December 6, 2013

OK, let’s end the week with one last optimistic hurrah. Today’s employment report was pretty good. That’s probably less enthusiasm than you will sense in the way others are reacting, but I put today’s numbers in a longer term context. In which case they aren’t bad, but they aren’t exactly terrific either. The facts: The […]

Economics / austerity, business investment, consumption, demand, Federal deficit, GDP, government spending, growth, incomes, inventories, jobless claims, trade, unemployment /

Signs of Life? Part 2

December 5, 2013

Yesterday’s reports of economic strength have been followed by a couple of similar reports today. We are spoiled by good news. Well sort of. The headline grabber will be the news that GDP grew 3.6% in the third quarter. If you recall, the first estimate had growth at a much lower 2.8%. This level of […]

Economics / ADP, Case-Shiller Index, home prices, ISM Index, job creation /

Signs Of Life?

December 4, 2013

I was asked yesterday, by a stranger who knew that I write about such things, what I think about the economy. I said it sucks. Which it does in many ways. Yet there are signs of life because the news this week has been good so far. Take, for example, the monthly report from the […]