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Unemployment

On The Jobs Numbers

I was on RT TV America last Friday talking about the jobs report. The video from that discussion is below (it runs about 5 minutes).  Here's the deal: The US is in the midst of a technical recovery that has been on-going for about…

What Can Be Done?

Paul Davidson argues that the Obama Administration and its allies in Congress have not actually followed the prescriptions laid out by the British economist Lord Keynes in making economic policy – and that this is a principal reason for…

A Few Thoughts on the Employment Numbers

By Dr. Lacy Hunt, Hoisington Investment Mgt. Co. The October employment situation was dramatically weaker than the headline 159k increase in the payroll employment measure. The broader household employment fell 330k. The only reason that…

Dollar Firmer Ahead of Jobs Report

Highlights The US dollar is trading with a firmer tone after selling off subsequent the announcement of QEII and weakening for the past two days.  An unexpected fall in eurozone retails sales added to the downside of the euro. …

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