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Bank Failure Friday Preview

Calculated Risk — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:03:00 -0500

While everyone is thinking snow and (un)employment ... this is just a reminder that the weather is nice in Puerto Rico. read more »

Stimulus II: A Sequel America Can't Afford

Larry Kudlow — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:32:08 -0500

Here's a terrific new mini-documentary from my old friend Dan Mitchell definitely worth watching. read more »

Recession and Recovery: Six Fundamental Errors of the Current Orthodoxy

Organizations and Markets — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:15:08 -0500

| Peter Klein | A very good summary by Bob Higgs of “vulgar Keynesianism,” defined by Bob as the “pseudointellectual mishmash . . . read more »

Job Openings Dive, Helps Argument For Tax Credits

247Wallst — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:20:10 -0500

Job openings hit new lows in November, down to 2.415 million from 2.571 million in October and 3.311 million in November 2008 according to the BLS. read more »

Employment Report: 190K Jobs Lost, 10.2% Unemployment Rate

Calculated Risk — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:25:00 -0500

From the BLS : The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. read more »

Depression Era Unemployment Rate

Calculated Risk — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:31:00 -0400

Just for information purposes, the following graph is from Northern Trust .What was the high of the unemployment rate in the Great Depression? read more »

A Second Stimulus Plan?

Calculated Risk — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:34:00 -0400

From ABC's This Week , George Stephanopoulos interviews Vice President Joe Biden: STEPHANOPOULOS: While we've been here, some pretty grim job numbers back at home -- 9.5 percent unemployment in June read more »

Unemployment: Stress Test Scenarios, Diffusion Index, Weekly Claims

Calculated Risk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:25:00 -0400

Note: earlier Employment post: Employment Report: 467K Jobs Lost, 9.5% Unemployment Rate . The earlier post includes a comparison to previous recessions. read more »

Non-Farm Payrolls Trump Unemployment for Market Blast Off

247Wallst — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:35:14 -0400

We have gotten the unemployment and jobs data for the month of May from the Labor Department, and the data is very mixed on unofficial numbers. The report came in at 9.4% unemployment and the ch read more »

Now Almost 6 Million In Continuing Jobless Claims

247Wallst — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:50:21 -0400

The weekly jobless claims is still a dismal reading. Thankfully, it was just a tad less dismal than before. read more »