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    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 […]

    Economics / auto industry, consumption, exports, GDP, imports, inventories, jobs, recovery, retail sales, stimulus, unemployment /

    US Growth Picks Up – A Bit

    January 27, 2012

    Be careful with today’s report on US GDP. It looks better than it is. The headlines all read that the US economic activity accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2011. It did. At 2.8% the last three months of the year represent a significant improvement, and suggest that the recovery, however strong it is, is […]

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