Showing posts with label recovery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recovery. Show all posts
03 October 2014

Today's Jobs Report Sets a New Record for Consecutive Months of Job Creation

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Last month the economy gained 248,000 jobs but today's announcement is for 317,000 new jobs since July and August numbers were revised ...
01 October 2014

In Just 2 Years the Economy Lost 8.6 Million Jobs, Erasing 8.5 Years of Job Creation. It Took Only 5.5 Yrs To Recover

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It was only six years ago that the Great Recession began in the Fall of 2008. Lest you yawn at this Friday's announcement of tying the r...
24 September 2014

Why the Rise in New Home Sales Promises Years More of Recovery

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New home sales were up 33% between August 2013 and 2014. That's good news for a host of reasons, not the least of which is that the hou...
01 August 2014

The Lazy Days of Summer

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July job numbers were up 209,000, less than the 230,000 folks were estimating. There are a few things of interest about this number. 1. Si...
05 June 2014

This Jobs Recovery Has Quietly Crept Up on the Record for Longest Expansion

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Tomorrow's job report will probably extend the streak of months with uninterrupted job growth to 44, placing it 3rd among recorded strea...
02 May 2014

Today's April Jobs Report Adds to the Promise of 2014

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This is  the jobs report I prematurely forecast last month for March . It took a month longer to happen than I thought, but this ~300,000 jo...
05 April 2014

Two Reasons Why This Recovery Feels So Anemic (And Why Even Normal Could Create a Boom)

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The economy is recovering but we've yet to feel a wave of optimism sweep across the country. The two biggest reasons are that the 2000s ...
17 March 2014

Gallup Job Creation Index Back to Pre-Recession Levels

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Gallup tracks job creation in the US , posting a three-day running average. Its posted values go back six years. Here is a graph that plots ...