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Employment Numbers: Endless Drift

July 5, 2013

This morning we have been treated to an odd spectacle. Wall Street was very wrong about the number of jobs generated by the US economy last month, and is now scratching its head about what it all means. First the figures: the economy added 195,000 new jobs to non-farm payrolls in June. Moreover, both the […]

Commentary, Economics /

Summer Doldrums

July 2, 2013

I apologize for the sparse blogging recently. I have, however a perfectly reasonable excuse: there’s not much new to talk about, and I, like you no doubt, am tired of repeating the same old stuff. News does continue to trickle out, so here’s an update: The economy is chugging along slowly. Too slowly to make […]

Economics /

Home Prices Rocket

June 25, 2013

There is very little news in the economy at present, hence my comparative quiet. Today, however, I have to make note of the Case-Shiller home price index results for April: prices rose at the fastest rate ever. Of course ‘ever’ in this case is only back as far as 2000 when the index was first […]

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