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calculatedrisk.blogspot.com - 10/3/2008

Employment Declines by 159,000 in September

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From the BLS: Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 159,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 6.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade, while mining and ...

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bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 10/9/2008

World Equity Market Declines: -$26,000,000,000,000

— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — Here's one to take home with you tonight, although it might make it tough to keep your... dinner down. Since last October, the value of stocks worldwide has fallen 41%, or $25.9 trillion. As shown in the chart below, Bloomberg's World Market Cap index ... (more) World Equity Market Declines: -$26,000,000,000,000

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payrollemploymentgame.com - 10/2/2008

The Payroll Employment Game

— payrollemploymentgame.com — Welcome to the Payroll Employment Game Take a look at these charts of the various employment indicators.... Skillful traders will see some interesting trends! Dartboard graphic When you have taken a look, come back and see if you can break into the Top ... (more) The Payroll Employment Game

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Decline and Fall of Western Civilization — the data points of the last week or so have made clear that this recession is deepening. today came the jobs report. previously -- as run down by david altig -- were disastrous reports on car sales, PCE, house prices and a particularly sharp fall in manufacturing. paul krugman: As recently as three weeks ago it was still possible to argue that the state of the U.S. economy, while clearly not good, wasn’t disastrous — that the financial system, while under stress, wasn’t in full meltdown and that Wall ...