Someone dug a little deeper into the stats.
readI will post “The Neutrals” and “The Positives”, if I can find them, some time tomorrow. U.S. Economy – Stats Pictures Hasn’t been updated for
readCNN front page news tonight. Nice. I’m ready to sell all my stocks, and buy gold and ammo. EDIT: It’s misleading journalism, once again. One
readI want to bring up my recent post one more time, just to put 700 billion in perspective.
readSource: Globe and Mail Highlights: Since the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, governments have been intent on making the labour market more “flexible” –
readI think what they did is right. It sucks that the government had to bail out a private company and fix the company’s mistakes. But
readThis graph shows how much the banks borrow from the Fed’s “discount window” (does not include FRE/FNM) “Total Borrowings of Depository Institutions from the Federal
readTurns out bank failures are not that common: Source: FDIC Failed Bank List 2008 : 11, to date 2007: 3 2006: 0 2005: 0 2004:
readUSA, 1981 Population – 229,466,000 Unemployment rate – 7.6% Total unemployed – 17,439,416 USA, 2008 Population – 301,139,947 (July 2007 est.) Unemployment rate – 6.1%
readThis is a re-post of an active commenter from The Big Picture blog. “I believe there is serious misconception about what is occuring and what
readHat tip to Duc for mentioning this. Google Trends compares search term popularity. It can be used as a predictor of people’s behavior. Here’s the
readCanadian Business magazine posted the results of their review: http://www.canadianbusiness.com/rankings/bestcitiesforbusiness/list.jsp?pageID=list&year=2007 I personally found it irrelevant for myself, with the exception of unemployment rate changes and
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