That Healthy Job Market
Lance on Feb 10 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Maybe not so much:
U.S. payrolls: Negative 17,000 + Huge Downward Revisions for 2007
Overstated Job Creation by 14.38% in 2007
Tag Archive 'Employment'
Panic at the Fed?
Lance on Jan 23 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Equities, Economic Indicators, Economics, Federal Reserve, Global Equity, Government policy, Housing Market, International Equities, Latest data, Market Data, Risk, monetary policy
Like me, Barry Ritholtz sniffed a whiff of panic in the Fed’s actions yesterday. The question he asks is why they acted before their meeting. Here are his questions, all good. I have pretty much stolen the whole post. Hopefully Barry will not mind:
What does this mean for investors. Quite a number of things – [...]
The Economic Outlook for Louisiana
Lance on Jan 21 2008 | Filed under: Baton Rouge News, Economics, Employment, Latest data, Louisiana
To start, we are having a boom in our petrochemical industry :
“We have counted $45 billion in construction projects in the area, by far a record number for the region,” Scott says. While other parts of the country struggle economically, the Capital Region is experiencing growth in part from its expanding petrochemical industry.
The film industry [...]
