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Are “They” All Out of Touch?

November 13, 2008

The jobless rate for October came as no surprise to most of us, except those who are supposed to know.
Reuters headlines:
INSTANT VIEW: Jobless claims higher than expected

No one is blaming Reuters for the headline. But, following the expectations reported in the article we are left to wonder who is doing the counting.
JOBLESS CLAIMS: * [...]

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$133.19 per Barrel for Oil

May 21, 2008

Gas prices locally are around $3.68.  That’s the best price I could find today when I took my $20.00 bill to the purchase gas.  We aren’t talking about a fill up.  We are talking about a little less that five and a half gallons of gas.  I haven’t added to my weekly gas expenditure.  Instead, [...]

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Look Beyond the Job Loss Numbers for April

May 2, 2008

For the fourth straight month there is a national job loss.  That’s the bad news.  Some say the good news is that we didn’t lose as many as expected.  But, what truth is in the numbers?
Many Americans earned less in April, the government said on Friday, as the economy shed 20,000 jobs, the fourth consecutive [...]

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April 19: Week in Review

April 19, 2008

This has been another one of those weeks were everyone and everything seemed to have a hand in the barrel.
The War in Iraq continued.  More American soldiers were killed.  Even more Iraqi’s were killed.  Sadr City is in chaos.  Basara is once again being attacked or defended, depending on the perspective.  And, the American Embassy [...]

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407,000 Unemployed as of March 29, 2008

April 3, 2008

The number of unemployed who are standing in the queue reached 407,000.  There is not count of the number who have given up.  That’s the glitch in the system.  Some unemployed run out of benefits, others just give up.  That said, the total number of unemployed in the country is unknown.  The number is the [...]

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