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Hiring Picks Up

Today’s government report on employment brings welcome news: the recovery is generating jobs, and the pace seems to be steady. The economy created 171,000 new jobs in October, which is many more than most analysts had expected. The unemployment rate, as often happens, went in the other direction, rising to 7.9%. Neither number is likely […]

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Employment: Same Again

Be careful with today’s ADP report on private sector employment, a switch in methodology and economic forecasting partner could muddy the trend line for a while. We don’t know yet if the new method has created a blip this month. Time will tell. Meanwhile on to the facts: The report says that the private sector […]

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The FEMA Worm Turns

Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction, and if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better. – Mitt Romney, June 2011 Oh Dear. That phrase, music to the ears […]

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