This just out via the Associated Press: The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nearly two months, providing more evidence that the weak economy is having an adverse impact on the labor market. The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for jobless […]
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More People Out Of Work
Posted on 21 March 2008.
This just out via the Associated Press: The number of newly laid off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nearly two months, providing more evidence that the weak economy is having an adverse impact on the labor market. The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for jobless […]
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It Will Be Ugly On Wall Street Today (UPDATED)
Posted on 17 March 2008.
We will get a window on how bad it could get in about 20 minutes when the stock market opens. Stocks will drop like a rock if the overnight trends are any indication: European and Asian stocks fell Monday in response to renewed worries about the financial strength of the world’s banking system after […]
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It Will Be Ugly On Wall Street Today (UPDATED)
Posted on 17 March 2008.
We will get a window on how bad it could get in about 20 minutes when the stock market opens. Stocks will drop like a rock if the overnight trends are any indication: European and Asian stocks fell Monday in response to renewed worries about the financial strength of the world’s banking system after […]
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Meltdown In The Markets
Posted on 10 March 2008.
A short post today since it’s big fundraiser day. Paul Krugman reports: The scariest thing I’ve read recently is a speech given last week by Tim Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Geithner came as close as a Fed official can to saying that we’re in the midst […]
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Meltdown In The Markets
Posted on 10 March 2008.
A short post today since it’s big fundraiser day. Paul Krugman reports: The scariest thing I’ve read recently is a speech given last week by Tim Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Geithner came as close as a Fed official can to saying that we’re in the midst […]
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