Political Economy category archive
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still treading water:
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The four-week moving average, a less-volatile measure, fell to 370,000, the lowest in a month, from 375,500.
The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits dropped by 29,000 in the week ended May 12 to 3.26 million. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Mittonomics: Not a Distraction 0
Instead, a destruction.
Excerpt: “When you are president, you job is not to maximize profits.”
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Bloomberg: Unemployments holds stead at 370k. Still treading water.
The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, fell to 375,000 last week from 379,750.
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The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 18,000 in the week ended May 5 to 3.27 million.
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
Uh oh.
Locally, foreclosures and short sales as a portion of all sales reached a high of 42 percent in May 2011.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still stalled:
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The Labor Department said the four-week moving average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figures, decreased to 379,000 last week from 384,250 the previous period.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped to 3.23 million in the week ended April 28 from 3.29 million. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
A little better.
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The four-week moving average, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figures, climbed to 383,500 last week from 382,750.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits fell to 3.28 million in the week ended April 21 from 3.33 million.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Once again, no change for all practical purposes. Also, they still need new “experts” to make their predictions (follow the link for the expertitude).
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The four-week moving average, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figures, climbed to 381,750 last week, the highest since Jan. 7, from 375,500.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose to 3.32 million in the week ended April 14 from 3.31 million.
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
I wish I could get a gig as one of their “experts.” Expertise seemingly is not a qualification.
Windy NIMBY 0
Frankly, I find that industrial wind turbines have a sort of industrial grace to them.
The Donald doesn’t.
“I am very disappointed with him, these wind turbines will destroy Scotland,” Trump said in a telephone interview on April 19. “Other countries are stopping building them. Alex is 20 years behind the curve.”
Aside:
The Donald’s claim that countries are abandoning wind energy is a self-serving lie.
This is not a surprise.
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
Bankster magic continues to cast its spell:
And Mitt the Flip wants to do it all over again. Paul Krugman explains (follow the link for the rest):
Misdirection Play, Social Security Dept. 0
There’s a big black headline in my local rag implying the doom of social security (the link does not appear to be on their website yet).
Rather than duplicate efforts, I’ll just let Atrios explain it.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
For all practical purpose, no trend here:
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The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, rose to 374,750 last week from 369,250.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 26,000 in the week ended April 7 to 3.3 million.
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Deadlines 0
Celebrate Returns Day by comparing your tax rate with Mitt the Flip’s.