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Credit Crisis Effects On Unemployment
Written on 5 Sep, 2010 at 14:53 in Forex | viewed 31 times | 0 Comments
I just thought to post this chart, to show a comparison between the effects of the current recession compared to the prior recessions. Chart via NY Time’s Economix... (Continue reading)
Consumer To Lead Stocks For A Change
Written on 25 Feb, 2010 at 0:10 in Stock market | viewed 60 times | 0 Comments
Feb.24.2010 FX Trading – Ouch! Mr. Consumer Surprises Big Time! Will stocks follow, asks Jack Crooks from Black Swan Capital. Who leads, who follows? Do rising stock prices make Mr. Consumer feel good i.e. wealth effect? Or does the ebb and flow of Mr. Consumer’s confidence blaze the trail for stocks? As usual with seeming [...]... (Continue reading)
GDP — A Look At PCEs
Written on 30 Jan, 2010 at 15:35 in Commodities | viewed 66 times | 0 Comments
Jan.29.2010 Personal consumption expenditures — PCEs — account for about 70% of GDP growth. In addition, PCEs have three sub-parts — service expenditures (about 66% of PCEs), non-durables (about 22% of PCEs) and durable expenditures (about 12% of expenditures). Here are the charts that show the percentage increase from the preceding quarter in real PCEs [...]... (Continue reading)
Pound Outlook Shaken By GDP
Written on 26 Jan, 2010 at 16:32 in Forex news | viewed 74 times | 0 Comments
Jan.26.2010 Britain’s initial GDP read for the fourth quarter is very weak, and the revised versions can easily erase it, says Yohay Elam at Forex Crunch. Catch Yohay, and TheLFB trade team on ForexTV Live. The Pound reacted with a fall against the dollar and the Euro. Here’s a review of this important event and a [...]... (Continue reading)
Is Labor Force Shrinkage Really Bad?
Written on 11 Jan, 2010 at 19:28 in Featured Article | viewed 47 times | 0 Comments
Jan.11.2010 Much has been made about last months .3% drop in the Labor Participation rate and the 843,000 additional people added to those “not in the labor force”. The assumption is that this is bad for our economy and yet another sign of the continued economic doom that is upon us. I believe that the [...]... (Continue reading)
Is the Drop in the Not In the Labor Force Number Really the Beginning of the Baby Boomer Rertirement Wave?
Written on 11 Jan, 2010 at 19:22 in Featured Article | viewed 48 times | 0 Comments
Jan.11.2010 Silver Oz has posted a very thought-provoking piece on the “not in the workforce” issue currently embroiling some in the economic blogsphere. I’m going to add onto that with an explanation of what “not in the labor force” means. This will lead to two conclusions. First, many people don’t know what the statistics mean. [...]... (Continue reading)
