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• Gen Xers More Likely to Job Hop Than Gen Yers

  
  CollegeRecruiter.com Blog — Authority: 124
  One of the many great things about having teenagers in the house is that they tend to have a pretty good understanding of the issues which are of interest to you. My oldest just brought to my attention an article about how the recession has impacted Gen X, which could be called the Sandwich Generation given its much ...
  13 hours ago

• Musharraf’s candid interview in New York

  
  Our leader - Musharraf — Authority: 103
  Posted in General Pervez Musharraf, International Media, Musharraf Lecture Circuit, Pakistan Economy, Pakistan Politics, Pakistani Media Tagged: Economic Indicators, FDI, GDP, Industry, Intelligence agencies, International Media, Musharraf, NWFP, Pakistan Economy, Pakistan Politics, Parliament, Senate, Speakers Circuit
  1 day ago

• If this is recovery…

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 666
  Today, I want to run a few thoughts by you courtesy of John Mauldin.  In his recent weekly newsletter, he makes a number of points I have made here over the past few weeks and comes to a similar conclusion about the weakness of recovery and the likelihood of a double dip recession. John Mauldin, Best-Selling author ...
  2 days ago

• Consumer confidence sinking

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 666
  From Bloomberg : Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly dropped in November as the loss of jobs threatened to undermine the biggest part of the economy. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary sentiment index decreased to a three-month low of 66 from 70.6 in October… Rising joblessness puts the ...
  3 days ago

• Rosenberg: U.S. GDP is overstated

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 666
  This morning, David Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff had another wonderful piece. I am only going to take on one part of it here. I have linked to the full article below so that you can read his analysis in it’s entirety (registration free but required). The part I want to focus in on has to do with GDP revisions. ...
  3 days ago

• October NPD: Game Sales Stumble, PS3 Tops Xbox 360 (PC World)

  
  Debt Consolidation Blog — Authority: 146
  October US video game sales decline, but major franchise releases and general economic indicators still herald a bumper holiday season.
  3 days ago

• New unemployment claims are coming down

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 666
  The latest number on unemployment claims shows a seasonally-adjusted 502,000 people applied for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the more meaningful 4-week average down to 519,750, the lowest since late November 2008. That is a good thing because it shows the labor market is improving. Nevertheless, 500,000 ...
  4 days ago

• Politico Does Economic Analysis...

  
  Econbrowser — Authority: 655
  Be afraid; be very afraid. From "Created or saved doesnt add up" , by Joseph Lawler: ...[t]he "created or saved" numbers are meaningless. The administration purposefully devised the metric to be nebulous. Without a counterfactual, showing the trend of unemployment in the absence of the stimulus, it is impossible ...
  4 days ago

• And now from the “No D’uh” economics desk…

  
  The Sir Robert Bond Papers — Authority: 437
  1.  OPEC is warning that sustained high oil prices coupled with a weakened economy – like say in the Untied States? – could push demand for crude oil downward. Oil demand may not reach the pre-crisis level in the near to medium term. 2.  World Bank head Robert Zoellick is concerned about the ...
  5 days ago

• Tips for Tracking Mortgage Rates

  
  All Home Loan Info — Authority: 130
  If the recession has taught homeowners and those looking to buy a home anything, it is that tracking mortgage rates is an important part of home ownership.  Most have learned that mortgage rates do not stat the same over a span of months.  In fact, mortgage rates are volatile and can fluctuate weekly.  If you are a ...
  5 days ago

• The 10.2% Solution

  
  Info Ink — Authority: 135
  No!  I am not talking about the cocaine injection used by the great Sherlock Holmes! It is the latest figures released on the unemployment in the US….but if we figure in those who have come off the rolls or have just gave up on the prospect of having a job, then the figure would be closer to 20% or more. Let me ...
  6 days ago

• "Wheres the Consumption Disaster?"

  
  Econbrowser — Authority: 655
  Casey Mulligan asks: So a year later, in September 2009, after living through a year of "disaster," how did real consumption expenditure (one economists favorite measures of living standards) compare to what it was in September 2008? He observes that consumption (as well as disposable income) were higher than ...
  6 days ago

• APs Economic Stress Index On The Nations Recovery

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 697
  The Associated Press has developed an interactive economic indicator to keep track of how well the US economy is recovering from the recent economic downturn. This information is shown for individual counties on the APs Economic Stress Index.
  1 week ago

• Taking a Closer Look at Unemployment

  
  Risk and Return — Authority: 109
  Employment as measured by the “establishment survey,” was down by 190,000; and Many feel it is an improvement that we are not falling as fast. Well, let us take a moment to look under the hood of these numbers. First, while the establishment survey was down 190k, the number of unemployed soared by 558,000, to ...
  1 week ago

• India to sustain and enhance global engagements: Anand Sharma

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  New Delhi, Nov.8 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma addressed a session on “Reinforcing Economic Imperatives: India’s Global Engagements” at the 25th India Economic Summit jointly organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry and World Economic Forum in New Delhi. Speaking at the session, he ...
  1 week ago

• Consumer credit down, but does it show deleveraging?

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 666
  I have just taken a look at the consumer credit figures for September, released just yesterday by the Federal Reserve. The data do show some modest deleveraging, especially when looking at the recent increase in nominal GDP. However, it is still not clear to me that the scale of deleveraging is great enough to induce ...
  1 week ago

• Rosenberg: “the mother of all jobless recoveries”

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 666
  While I see the job numbers as pretty much what was expected, the data do make clear that we are seeing a major jobless recovery. David Rosenberg has a piece out today that goes right to the heart of the issue: All we can say is that if the overwhelming consensus is correct that the recession is behind us, then what ...
  1 week ago

• Santa Needs Extended Benefits, Too

  
  Dollars & Sense blog — Authority: 492
  The October employment reports were released today, and the unemployment rate zoomed above 10%, to 10.2%, to be exact, earlier than most economists expected. The number of jobs lost in October also surprised on the negative side, at 190,000 (v. the projected 175,000). The unemployment rate is the highest its been ...
  1 week ago

• Comprehensive unemployment rate is 17.5%

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 666
  The employment market is pretty grim. We’re talking a double digit unemployment rate – and that’s just the base rate. The comprehensive unemployment rate is now 17.5% in the US.  This is a fact not lost on our politicians. Today, Barack Obama signed a bill that extends unemployment benefits and home buyer tax ...
  1 week ago

• Unemployment Rate Tops 10% - 26 Year High

  
  CollegeRecruiter.com Blog — Authority: 124
  
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