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Delving Into The Stats: Unemployed Worldwide Continues To Spike
Delving Into The Stats: Unemployed Worldwide Continues To Spike
As good as the world appears to be doing by the headlines in the media, unemployment worldwide continues to rise. This can be seen in the chart above, up nearly 100% since 1991 from 115 million to ...[Read More]
Published At: Oct 20, 2024
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Initial Claims (Unemployment Filings) Trending Higher
Initial Claims (Unemployment Filings) Trending Higher
Jobless Claims (Initial Claims for unemployment) spiked recently to 258,000. Investors need to be monitoring the 300,000 level. Should initial clai...[Read More]
Published At: Oct 13, 2024
JOLTS Data Analysis: Understanding The Job Opening Data
JOLTS Data Analysis: Understanding The Job Opening Data
U.S. Job Openings (JOLTS) data continue to decline, now nearing a longer-term trend for the U.S. economy. This shows a cooling labor market but not...[Read More]
Published At: Sep 29, 2024
Exploring The Inflation PCE Data And Why It Is Fed Favored
Exploring The Inflation PCE Data And Why It Is Fed Favored
What is PCE? The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index is a measure of inflation that tracks the changes in prices of goods and servi...[Read More]
Published At: Sep 22, 2024
Manufacturing PMI Analysis: A Contracting Economy
Manufacturing PMI Analysis: A Contracting Economy
The Manufacturing PMI for the United States currently sits at 47.20. Anything below 50 shows contraction within the manufacturing sector. Anything ...[Read More]
Published At: Sep 15, 2024
The Rising Risks Of Ever Rising U.S. Debt
The Rising Risks Of Ever Rising U.S. Debt
The U.S. national debt is now above $35 trillion and rising quickly. The scariest thing about the rising public debt is that governments are suppos...[Read More]
Published At: Sep 08, 2024
Non Farm Payrolls Report: Expectations and Insights
Non Farm Payrolls Report: Expectations and Insights
The Non Farm Payrolls Report looms large in early September as all eyes will be watching to see how strong or weak the data is. This will ultimatel...[Read More]
Published At: Sep 01, 2024
A Brief History Of The U.S. Dollar
A Brief History Of The U.S. Dollar
The U.S. dollar has a rich history dating back to the early days of the American Republic. Here are some key milestones: 1. Origins (1792): Coina...[Read More]
Published At: Aug 25, 2024
A Brief History Of The Federal Reserve
A Brief History Of The Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve System was established in 1913 as the central bank of the United States. Its creation was primarily motivated by the need to ad...[Read More]
Published At: Aug 25, 2024
Understanding The U.S. CPI Economic Data
Understanding The U.S. CPI Economic Data
CPI data is due out on Wednesday August 14th. Expectations are for CPI (month over month) to come in at 0.2%. Last month it was -0.06. The CPI (yea...[Read More]
Published At: Aug 11, 2024