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A.D. Miller
10-02-2009, 04:27 AM
Housing Rebound Continues With August Numbers - Economic Conditions, Housing Data, Existing Home Sales - Builder Magazine (http://www.builderonline.com/housing-data/housing-rebound-continues-with-august-numbers.aspx?cid=BLDR091001002)
Michael Larson
10-02-2009, 06:16 AM
And a lot of bad .

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – SEPTEMBER 2009 (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf)(PDF)

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in September (-263,000), and the unemployment rate (9.8 percent) continued to trend up, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses were in construction, manufacturing, retail trade, and government.
A.D. Miller
10-02-2009, 08:39 AM
And a lot of bad .

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION – SEPTEMBER 2009 (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf)(PDF)

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in September (-263,000), and the unemployment rate (9.8 percent) continued to trend up, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses were in construction, manufacturing, retail trade, and government.

ML: What's wrong Michael, glass perpetually half empty?:D
Michael Larson
10-02-2009, 09:00 AM
ML: What's wrong Michael, glass perpetually half empty?:DNot at all. I'm an eternal optimist.:)

But I do believe reality should be portrayed for what it is not what what some want it to be.
A.D. Miller
10-02-2009, 10:56 AM
Not at all. I'm an eternal optimist.:)

But I do believe reality should be portrayed for what it is not what what some want it to be.

ML: "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." Einstein.
Michael Larson
10-02-2009, 02:16 PM
I'm sure Einstein could read and appreciate this chart.

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/uploads/Oct2009/EmploymentTrends.serendipityThumb.png (http://market-ticker.denninger.net/uploads/Oct2009/EmploymentTrends.png)
A.D. Miller
10-03-2009, 07:20 AM
I'm sure Einstein could read and appreciate this chart.

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/uploads/Oct2009/EmploymentTrends.serendipityThumb.png (http://market-ticker.denninger.net/uploads/Oct2009/EmploymentTrends.png)

ML: Where are your whiner buddies when you need them? Sour grapes are cheaper by the dozen.