January 4, 2013 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
Slightly better than expected jobs numbers this morning. A gain of 155,000 jobs in December was ever so slightly above the 152,000 projected by economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The official unemployment rate for December was 7.8%, stable with the revised November level
January 3, 2013 | JCI, Mid Term |
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January 3, 2013 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Wall Street was expecting worse than tepid holiday sales from U.S. retailers so any retailer reporting merely tepid holiday sales today has delivered a positive surprise. And that has been enough to limit today’ pull back in the overall market after the torrid gains of the last two trading sessions.
December 26, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
The topic of this post is simple: The value of cash in uncertainty. You can guess what prompts it: The looming U.S. fiscal cliff. And the uncertainties that accompany it.
December 23, 2012 | Uncategorized |
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December 21, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
From a cynical U.S. perspective, it’s hard to see what all the hoo-hah is about. Boehner’s Plan B was never a real proposal in the first place. It was a political stunt designed to embarrass Democrats—and not a particularly well-designed one.
December 1, 2012 | Uncategorized |
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November 30, 2012 | Morning Briefing |
Today’s report shows that personal income growth was flat in October after growing by 0.4% in September. Correcting for the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the statisticians at the Bureau of Economic Analysis calculated, income would have been up 0.1% in October. That agrees with the October employment report, which wasn’t affected by the hurricane.
November 29, 2012 | Daily JAM, Videos |
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October 4, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
The big economic news for the week comes tomorrow when investors get the September jobs numbers. The consensus forecast among economists surveyed by Briefing.com calls for the U.S. economy to have added 120,000 jobs in September.
September 17, 2012 | Mid Term |
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September 7, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
U.S. job growth for August was a disappointing 96,000. That’s below both the consensus of 130,000 jobs among economists surveyed by Briefing.com and the revised numbers for July showing growth of 141,000 jobs. The private sector added 103,000 jobs in August, down from 162,000 in July