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Economics / GDP, jobs, recovery, unemployment /

Jobs – Lot of Them

February 3, 2012

Today’s employment report was very positive. It is difficult, even for a conformed skeptic like myself, to find much to gripe about – we will get to my caveats in a moment. If this keeps up the election this November takes on a totally different tenor. More importantly, a whole bunch of people will be […]

Economics / ADP Employment Report, jobs, recovery, unemployment /

Brighter Jobs Market

February 1, 2012

This is a very hectic week, but today’s ADP jobs report is worth noting: the private sector added another 170,000 jobs in January, down from December’s 292,000, but decent nonetheless. This means we have had twenty-four straight months of job creation and confirms what other statistics are telling us: the recovery is well under way, […]

Economics / Case Shiller Index, conference board, consumer confidence, consumption, GDP, home prices, recovery, unemployment, wages /

Dour News Round-Up

January 31, 2012

Following last week’s report on economic growth at the end of last year, we have begun to watch for signs as to whether the uptick to a near 3% rate will continue. Probably not. The first sign of a slide backwards is the news that consumer confidence has slipped in January. The Conference Board’s index […]

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