More Troubling Jobs Data
INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS ON THE RISE … Looks like there could be more bad news where April’s anemic jobs report came from … According to data...
U.S. economy
April 2016 Jobs Report: Swing And A Miss
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RECESSION FEARS REINFORCED The U.S. economy created a paltry 160,000 jobs during the month of April, according to data (.pdf here) released by the Bureau...
Another Recession Alarm: Q1 Growth Nonexistent
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AMERICA’S ECONOMIC EXPANSION IS GRINDING TO A HALT The United States economy expanded at its slowest quarterly rate in two years – posting a 0.5 percent...
America’s “Unsettled” View Of The Economy
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CONSUMERS LEERY … A key measure of consumer comfort plunged this week, “a sign of unsettled public views of economic conditions overall,” according to analysts....
Gas Prices Creeping Back Up …
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RUH-ROH, ECONOMY … Low fuel costs have been a bright spot for consumers struggling to navigate America’s disappointing economy. Sure, they haven’t spawned the spending renaissance we...
U.S. Economic Growth: Dueling Bad News
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DUPLICATIVE GOVERNMENT TRACKS TANKING ECONOMY … Talk about double trouble … The federal government’s secretive central bank now has not one but two of its...
Scary Economic Numbers …
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AMERICA’S ECONOMY MAY ALREADY BE IN ANOTHER RECESSION U.S. industrial output dropped on a year-over-year basis for the seventh consecutive month in March – yet...
Consumer Comfort Slips Again … Quarterly Momentum Stalled
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BAD TREND LINES … Consumer comfort took another step in the wrong direction last week … while the index’s broader quarterly trend lines showed stalled momentum...
March Jobs Report: Better News
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STILL, STORM CLOUDS LINGER ON ECONOMIC HORIZON … The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its March 2016 jobs report on Friday – boasting...
Consumer Comfort Slides Over Economic Worries
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AMERICANS STARTING TO FRET THE FUTURE … Consumer comfort in America broke out of a thirteen-week holding pattern this week … just not in a...