The US economy: A lost decade?

By Barry Ritholtz - November 18th, 2011, 3:54PM

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One Response to “The US economy: A lost decade?”

stewa43210 Says:
November 19th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Yeah, so what’s the point? We knew this already. Is this just the Brits way of saying “nah-na-nah-na-boo-boo”?

"Dollar depreciation leads to higher inflation and ultimately forces foreign creditors to question their rationale and indeed their sanity for continuing purchases of U.S. Treasuries." -Bill Gross

Macro Notes

4 week avg in Claims fall to lowest since Mar ’08
Peter Boockvar

Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended Feb 18th totaled 351k, 4k less than expected but the prior week was revised up by 3k to 351k. The 4 week average did fall to 359k from 366k, the lowest since Mar '08. Continuing Claims fell by 52k to the lowest since Aug '08. Also, Extended Benefits fell a net 69k. Bottom line, the data still points to a labor market that continues to improve however lumpy the process feels for many. ...

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