NFP Report: Unemployment Leaps to 5.5%
chart via BLS > The U.S. lost jobs for the fifth consecutive month, as nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down. For May...
May 2008 NFP Preview
Another month in the books, and another NFP report. Job creation has been flat to negative for the past 5 months or so. According to...
Merrill’s David Rosenberg on Economy, Housing, Employment
David Rosenberg, of Merrill Lynch, discusses his outlook on the economy and the housing market. > click for video Part I Part II Part...
States and Cities Impact On GDP
We get the first revision of GDP tomorrow morning at 8:30am. The export portion of GDP showed big improvement, thanks to the still...
Companies Cutting Hours Aggressively
I have over the years discussed what a poor economic recovery this cycle has been in terms of job creation. Given the lack of robust job...
Withholding Tax Update: 23-Month Low
We have previously reviewed the Uncle Sam’s withholding tax data as a read into the overall health of the economy. The most recent...
Advice for Billionaires on Getting Things Done
Nice productivity round up for you billionaire TBP readers — but much of the advice is applicable to everyone else. While toys and...
Productivity
While I am having lunch, check out this very cool chart porn on Productivity via Brian Jacobs: click for ginormous graphic
Bracing for NFP Day
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more: The monthly NonFarm Payroll report rolls out today, and the consensus is none too...