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		<title>(ADP) Good News for U.S. Labor Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Positive domestic data and the resumption of Europe-centric negative headlines will be pushing stocks in opposite directions today. France held an overall successful bond auction, though yields inched up a bit. But Euro-zone worries are getting focused on the region’s banks, which need to tap the capital markets to spruce up their battered capital positions. The Spanish government announced that the country’s banks need to raise €50 billion in fresh capital, while Italy’s UniCredit was forced to offer steep discounts in its bid to raise to €7.5 billion in equity capital. Wednesday’s modestly positive stock market finish despite no shortage of Euro-zone issues holds promise that the market may be able to eke out further gains today on the strength of reassuring domestic news flow. The focus on the domestic ]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/10/u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-again/86840</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell again this week. This week they fell by 10,000 but only after the previous week was revised up by 3,000. So regardless if you count it as a drop of 10,000 or 7,000, we are still at 390,000. That was better than the expected level of 400,000. We are now clearly below the 400,000 level, and this is the second week in a row (well, sort of, given the revision) that we have been so. We have been here before in the last few months, only to see then achievement revised away the next week and the subsequent weeks bounce higher. We were below 400,000 in February and March and that signaled the start of much more robust job growth, such as we saw ]]></description>
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		<title>(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices to Cut 10% of Their Workforce</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/08/amd-advanced-micro-devices-to-cut-10-of-their-workforce/86662</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) plans to eliminate 10% of its workforce or about 1,400 jobs in order to reduce operational costs. This layoff is an attempt by AMD to optimize its cost structure and thereby improve its competitiveness. The workforce reduction is expected to be over by the first quarter of 2012 and will be conducted globally across all its divisions. Along with other unspecified operational changes, the layoffs are expected to save $200 million in 2012. Management is looking to reinvest some of the savings into newer business areas, including chips for devices such as tablet-style computers in emerging markets and Internet-related opportunities (mainly cloud computing). Advanced Micro has been suffering from the slowdown in the global PC market plus the delay in important new chips due to ]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Initial Labor Claims Fall Below Key 400,000 Level</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/03/u-s-initial-labor-claims-fall-below-key-400000-level/86467</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance finally broke below the key 400,000 level. This week they fell by 9,000, but only after the previous week was revised up by 4,000. So regardless if you count it as a drop of 9,000 or 5,000, we are still at 397,000. This was slightly better than the expected level of 404,000. Now we just have to stay below the 400,000 level. We have been here before in the last few months, only to see the achievement revised away the next week and the subsequent weeks bounce higher. If the current level can be sustained or even improved upon (OK, that is a big &#8220;if&#8221;), this could be signaling better job growth in November and December. We will see tomorrow if the generally lower level ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) Automatic Data Processing Sees 110K Jobs Gained</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/02/adp-automatic-data-processing-sees-110k-jobs-gained/86360</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Automatic Data Processing (ADP) employment survey was stronger than expected in October. It shows that private sector employment rose by 110,000, above consensus expectations for a 100,000 increase. The September numbers were revised up to a gain of 116,000 jobs from the initial report of a 91,000 gain. On average, the ADP report does a fairly good job of predicting the private sector totals that the BLS reports the following Friday, although in any given month it can be off substantially. It is prone to fairly large errors in both directions. Last month it was a bit on the too-pessimistic side, particularly before the revision. The BLS private sector job gains were 137,000. If confirmed by the BLS on Friday it would indicate that the economy continues to wallow ]]></description>
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		<title>Continuing Jobless Claims Fall to 3.7 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/06/continuing-jobless-claims-fall-to-3-7-million/84746</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The data on regular continuing claims was encouraging this week. Regular continuing claims for unemployment insurance fell by 52,000 to 3.700 million. The overall trend is in the right direction. They are down by 752,000 or 17.0% from a year ago.  Regular claims are paid by the state governments, and run out after just 26 weeks. (Several states have lowered the number of weeks they are going to pay in the future recently. They have also been tightening up the eligibility standards.) The graph below shows the long-term history of continuing claims for unemployment, as well as the percentage of the covered workforce that is receiving regular state benefits. It does a good job of showing just how nasty that the Great Recession was for the job market. It also ]]></description>
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		<title>Initial Jobless Claims Fall &#8211; Extended Claims Plunge</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/06/initial-jobless-claims-fall-extended-claims-plunge/83881</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 9,000 last week to 423,000. This was worse than the expected level of 418,000. Last week’s numbers were revised upwards by 4,000, so one could see it as a decrease of 5,000. Recently, jobless claims seem stuck once again in a trading range above the 400,000 level, after a brief period lower than that earlier this year. Don’t read too much into the decline, as last week’s numbers might have been a bit inflated by the effects of Hurricane Irene. Being below 400,000, as we were in February and March, signaled the start of much more robust job growth, such as we saw in March and April. The prospects for a return to a sub-400,000 level seem to be slipping further and further ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) ADP Employment Survey Sees 91K Private Jobs Added</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/06/adp-adp-employment-survey-sees-91k-private-jobs-added/84669</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Automatic Data Processing (ADP) employment survey was stronger than expected in September. It shows that private sector employment rose by 91,000, above consensus expectations for a 48,000 increase. The August numbers were revised down slightly to a gain of 89,000 jobs from the initial report of a 91,000 gain. On average, the ADP report does a fairly good job of predicting the private sector totals that the BLS will report on Friday, although in any given month it can be off substantially. It is prone to fairly large errors in both directions. Last month it was far too optimistic &#8212; the BLS private sector job gains were just 17,000. If confirmed by the BLS on Friday it would indicate that the economy continues to wallow along in a pseudo ]]></description>
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		<title>(GS) Volcker Rule Extension Risks Jobs?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/20/gs-volcker-rule-extension-risks-jobs/83553</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The controversial Volcker Rule that restricts proprietary trading of U.S. banks may also be enforced on foreign banks with operations in the country, Bloomberg reported on Friday, following communication with four people familiar with the matter. The legislation is part of the Dodd-Frank Act, which significantly overhauled the U.S. financial system after the near collapse of Wall Street during the 2007–2010 recession. While the proposed rule is still pending its final draft with an October 18 deadline, the plan to stretch it to overseas banks may cause further delay as federal regulators will have to reach a consensus on the impending law. Meanwhile, questions arise on whether this extension will aid economic recovery or a pose threats to the already-feeble job market? The possibilities of both the results made it ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Bank of America to Dismiss 30,000 Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/20/bac-bank-of-america-to-dismiss-30000-workers/83093</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a statement released on Monday, Bank of America Corp. (BAC) confirmed its plan to retrench about 30,000 workers under the first phase of its ongoing cost-cutting initiative –– Project New BAC. This will reduce BofA’s 288,000 work force by 10%. According to the company, many of these layoffs are expected to come through attrition and elimination of unfilled positions. Including this workforce reduction, the full implementation of Phase I of the new program is expected to lop off about $5 billion in annual expenses through 2014. This represents about 18% reduction on the current annual expense level of $27 billion. For a company wading in a $1 trillion problem-loan portfolio, the looming layoff scenario was perhaps foreseen. BofA chief Brian Moynihan did not disclose where the job cuts would ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) Automatic Data Processing Reports ADP Survey Sees 91K Job Gains in August</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/14/adp-automatic-data-processing-reports-adp-survey-sees-91k-job-gains-in-august/82382</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Automatic Data Processing (ADP) employment survey was slightly weaker than expected in August. It shows that private sector employment rose by 91,000, below consensus expectations for a 100,000 increase. The July numbers were also revised down slightly to a gain of 109,000 jobs from the initial report of a 114,000 gain. On average, the ADP report does a fairly good job of predicting the private sector totals that the BLS will report on Friday, although in any given month it can be off substantially. It is prone to fairly large errors in both directions. If confirmed by the BLS on Friday, it would indicate that the economy continues to wallow along in a pseudo-recovery &#8212; growing, but not growing fast enough for anybody to really feel like it is ]]></description>
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		<title>(VZ) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rise Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/11/vz-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-rise-again/82822</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 22,000 last week to 414,000. This was worse than the expected level of 400,000. Last week’s numbers were revised upwards by 3,000, so one could see it as an increase of 5,000. Recently, initial jobless claims seemed stuck once again in a trading range above the 400,000 level, after a brief period lower than that earlier this year. The drop three weeks ago below 400,000 level was very good news, after 17th straight weeks above it. Alas, that was not destined to last, and it got revised away. Being below 400,000, as we were in February and March, signaled the start of much more robust job growth, such as we saw in March and April. We seem to be flattening out just over ]]></description>
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		<title>(MCD) Ugly U.S. Jobs Report in Depth Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/11/mcd-ugly-u-s-jobs-report-in-depth-part-2/82583</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month’s employment report was just plain ugly. There were, on balance, NO new jobs created in August, according to the establishment survey. Also, the job creation totals for July were cut to 85,000 from 117,000, and for June to just 20,000 from last month’s estimate of 46,000. We were also far below the consensus expectation of 75,000 jobs being created. The household survey was stronger, but not exactly great either. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.1%, and down from 9.6% a year ago. For the month, the household survey was actually stronger than that indicates, since both the participation rate rose, from 63.9% to 64.0% as did the employment rate, to 58.2% from 58.1%. But both the civilian participation rate and the percentage of the population that is ]]></description>
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		<title>(VZ) Ugly U.S. Jobs Report in Depth Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/11/vz-ugly-u-s-jobs-report-in-depth-part-1/82567</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The total number of people employed was unchanged in August, not a single job gained or lost. That is much worse than consensus expectations for a gain of 75,000. This report was also worse than the ADP report on Wednesday. That report showed 91,000 private sector jobs created, and the expectations were for the BLS to show 111,000 new private sector jobs. The “actual” BLS number of private sector jobs was just 17,000. Government payrolls declined by 17,000. The Federal Government employment fell by 2,000 jobs. The State level added 5,000 but the Local levels laid off 20,000. The pace of government layoffs slowed sharply from last month when a total of 71,000 were laid off (revised from a loss of 37,000). The unemployment rate, which is derived from a ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Bank of America to Layoff 40,000 Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/11/bac-bank-of-america-to-layoff-40000-workers/82904</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank of America Corp. (BAC) is mulling over retrenching 40,000 workers under the first phase of a proposed restructuring program to recover its financial position, the Wall Street Journal reported following communication with people familiar with the plans. The looming layoff scenario does not come as a surprise from a company fraught with a $1 trillion problem-loan portfolio. The ongoing economic and market instability has compounded the quandary. According to the report, BofA officials have already discussed the layoffs and chief executive Brian Moynihan is expected to work out the move on Monday. The number of layoffs could change following discussions with the CEO. However, according to the source, the upcoming job cuts could exceed 30,000 to 35,000 layoffs that the company had in 2008 when the economy was at ]]></description>
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		<title>(VZ) U.S. Jobless Claims Fall &#8211; All Eyes on Friday</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/01/vz-u-s-jobless-claims-fall-all-eyes-on-friday/82428</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September has not been a very happy month for stocks in the past. But we all want to put August&#8217;s unusual turbulence behind us and look forward to something stable, if not necessarily exciting. The month-to-month peculiarities notwithstanding, we all know that at the end of the day the market&#8217;s movements are reflecting developments in the broader economy. And with some of the more dire recessionary fears easing, stocks have been gaining ground lately. But the economic picture remains unsettled as this morning&#8217;s weak productivity and labor market data shows. A little later this morning, we will likely get a soft read from nation&#8217;s manufacturing sector in the August ISM manufacturing report. Tomorrow we will get the all-important August non-farm payroll report. Weekly Jobless Claims dropped by 12 thousand to ]]></description>
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		<title>Reassuring Jobs Report</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/05/reassuring-jobs-report/80748</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s better-than-expected jobs report is reassuring enough to help reverse the extreme negative sentiment that was behind the sharp market sell off on Thursday. What does it reassure us of? It shows that we are not heading in the direction of another recession. On the other hand, it is further confirmation that the U.S. economy is maintaining its recent sub-par growth pace into the back half of the year. So, while fears of a recession may be exaggerated, there is no evidence at this stage of a second-half recovery either. We should continue to see market volatility as consensus expectations for the second half growth get readjusted. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the creation of 117 thousand jobs in July, above the consensus expectation of about 75 thousand. Private ]]></description>
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		<title>(GM) U.S. Jobless Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/04/gm-u-s-jobless-claims/80622</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy remains in the spotlight as the news flow of the last few days has painted a less than flattering picture of the recovery. We now know that the manufacturing and service sectors lost ground as they entered the third quarter. We will have the full picture of the economy in July after Friday&#8217;s non-farm payroll report. This morning&#8217;s weekly Jobless Claims report gives us a flavor of what is going on in the labor market. The market will also be digesting developments in Europe, where the European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged. The market&#8217;s focus has clearly shifted to Italy and Spain as these two countries struggle with their weak finances. On the U.S. labor market front, weekly Jobless Claims came a tad better than expected ]]></description>
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		<title>(DD) U.S. Posts Needed Positive Labor Market Report</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/28/dd-u-s-posts-needed-positive-labor-market-report/80071</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debt ceiling debate continues to monopolize headlines, even as a barrage of earnings reports and a surprisingly positive labor market reading try to gain the market&#8217;s attention. Weekly Jobless Claims numbers dropped by a bigger-than-expected level, which if sustained in the coming weeks will represent a significant positive for the economy. Weekly Jobless Claims dropped 24 thousand to 398 thousand, dropping below the all-important 400 thousand level for the first time in 16 weeks. The four-week average, which strips out the week-to-week volatility inherent in this series, dropped 8.5 thousand to 413.7 thousand. I don&#8217;t want to get too excited by this positive number as the claims data is prone to bouncing around from week to week. But if this trend remains in place over the coming weeks, this ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) Automatic Data Processing Sees Better than Expected Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/adp-automatic-data-processing-sees-better-than-expected-growth/78593</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Automatic Data Processing (ADP) employment survey was much stronger than expected in June. It shows that private sector employment rose by 157,000, far above consensus expectations for a 60,000 increase. That marks a nice acceleration from the 36,000 jobs added (as estimated by ADP) in May. The May numbers were revised down from a gain of 38,000 jobs. This is an encouraging report if confirmed by the BLS non-farm payroll report tomorrow. It is not a great report in an absolute sense, but it is far better than expected, and offers reasons for hope after last month’s dismal showing. In May, ADP was more downbeat than the BLS, which reported a total of 54,000 new private sector jobs, but it proved to be closer than the consensus at the ]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Publishes Awful Jobs Report In Depth &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/11/awful-jobs-report-in-depth-part-1/78695</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first part of our jobs report analysis. To read part two, please click here. The economy added a total of just 18,000 jobs in June. That is much worse than consensus expectations for a gain of 80,000. This report is particularly disappointing in light of the much stronger ADP report on Thursday. Expectations were for the BLS to show 110,000 new private sector jobs. The “actual” BLS number of private sector jobs was 57,000. Government payrolls declined by 39,000. Unlike previous months, in June the federal government laid off 14,000 and the State and local levels laid off a total of 25,000. Earlier this year, almost all of the losses were coming from the state and especially local government level. The unemployment rate, which is derived from ]]></description>
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		<title>(AA) Employment Numbers Stink &#8211; Bureau of Labor Statistics</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/08/aa-employment-numbers-stink-bureau-of-labor-statistics/78657</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow &#8212; this is a big miss. With analysts expecting 125,000 new jobs created in the the month of June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has just released the June nonfarm payroll numbers: a whopping total of 18,000 new jobs. This is also a surprise considering yesterday&#8217;s better-than-expected ADP employment numbers. So those who were calling for the U.S. economy to come to a screeching halt have plenty to crow about &#8212; but what about the rest of us? The private sector provided 57,000 jobs in the month, which is the lowest since May 2010. Government jobs continued their slow bleed with 39,000 fewer jobs in June. The unemployment rate rose to 9.2% from 9.1%. This is the highest level year-to-date. May numbers were revised upward from a still-paltry ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) ADP Jobless Claims Set Table</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/07/adp-adp-jobless-claims-set-table/78548</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the bell this morning, the ADP (ADP) payroll and jobless claims reports hit the headlines, prior to 2nd quarter earnings season beginning next week and tomorrow&#8217;s important Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) non-farm payroll report. Both sets of numbers were good news, albeit modestly. Jobless claims fell by 14,000 last week to 418,000 from a revised 432,000 in the previous week, though that revision was up by 4,000, so the improvement was effectively just 10,000. That said, the 4-week moving average also fell 3,000 to roughly 425,000 &#8212; also good news, although better news would to be that figure getting back under the psychologically important 400,000 level in the near future. Our trusted colleague Dirk van Dijk, CFA will be on hand later to give a detailed analysis of ]]></description>
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		<title>(STZ) U.S. Jobless Claims Remain High</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/stz-u-s-jobless-claims-remain-high/78020</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The positive momentum in the stock market over the last few days reflected growing expectations of a positive outcome for the Greek story. Wednesday&#8217;s successful parliamentary vote, to be followed by another vote today, paves the way for the beleaguered nation to get the funding lifeline from the EU/IMF combine. Hardly anyone expects this to be the end of Greece&#8217;s troubles. But it nevertheless removes the threat of an imminent default and the associated fear of global financial contagion. Stocks will likely reflect the lingering positivity of a diminishing Greek threat on this last day of the quarter. With the Greek story finally moving to the sidelines, the market&#8217;s focus will shift back to the unsettled domestic economic scene. Growth has remained sub-par in the first half of the year ]]></description>
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		<title>(KR) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall Slightly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/30/kr-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-slightly/78043</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 1,000 last week to 428,000. This was worse than the expected level of 420,000. Last week’s numbers were unrevised. The trend in initial claims had downward, although there were some bumps along the way. Recently they seem stuck once again in a trading range above the 400,000 level. That is a very worrisome trend. This is the 12th straight week we have been above the 400,000 level. Being below it, as we were, probably signaled the start of much more robust job growth. Now it looks like that was a false breakout and we are back to the “trading range” that initial claims were in for almost all of 2010. Initial claims had been generally trending down since they hit a secondary peak ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Up Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-up-again/77283</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 9,000 last week to 429,000. This was worse than the expected level of 413,000. Last week’s numbers were revised up by 6,000, so one could see it as a 15,000 increase. The trend in initial claims had been downward, though there were some bumps along the way. Last month, they have started to shoot back up again. That is a very worrisome trend. This week brought more damage. This is the 11th straight week we have been above the 400,000 level. Being below it, as we were in March probably signaled the start of much more robust job growth. Now it looks like we are back to the “trading range” that initial claims were in for almost all of 2010. Initial jobless claims ]]></description>
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		<title>(CAG) U.S. Labor Department Reports Weak Jobless Claims</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/23/cag-u-s-labor-department-reports-weak-jobless-claims/77239</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks will likely continue to reflect what Fed Chair Bernanke said, or didn&#8217;t say, on Wednesday even as we got another negative labor market report this morning. The weak growth picture emerging out of the Fed chief&#8217;s news conference and today&#8217;s Jobless Claims report will likely force stocks to give back the gains of the last few days. I discuss the disconcerting aspect of what the Fed chief said Wednesday below, but let&#8217;s look at this morning&#8217;s weaker than expected labor market report first. Jobless Claims increased 9 thousand to 429 thousand, while the four-week average remained unchanged at 426 thousand. This is the 11th week running that the jobless claims number has remained above the 400 thousand level. Today&#8217;s number is a reversal of last week&#8217;s report and takes ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) Initial Jobless Claims Down Slightly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/14/wmt-initial-jobless-claims-down-slightly/75398</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 6,000 last week to 422,000. This was worse than the expected level of 413,000. The trend in initial claims had been moving downward, although with some bumps along the way. Last month, they have started to shoot back up again. This is a very worrisome trend, though we will need a few more weeks of declines to really be sure the trend is still in the right direction. Let us hope the decline continues next week. There have been several indicators lately that the recovery is losing steam, and while the direction this week was right, the level is not that encouraging. This is the 8th straight week we have been above the 400,000 level. Being below it as we were in March ]]></description>
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		<title>(GD) General Dynamics to Cut Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/12/gd-general-dynamics-to-cut-jobs/75630</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics Corporation (GD), has announced the laying-off of about 5% of its workers from a workforce of 10,000. The workforce is spread over 200 sites across Canada and the U.S. The lay-off was precipitated by defense-budget cuts that are forcing the company to streamline its operations. The job cuts would be announced over the next fortnight. General Dynamics&#8217; operating unit, General Dynamics C4 Systems Inc. focuses on the development, design, manufacturing and integration of secure communication, information and technology solutions. C4 Systems is a part of General Dynamics&#8217; Information Systems and Technology (IS&#38;T) segment. General Dynamics was the fourth largest U.S. defense contractor in terms of revenue in fiscal 2010, following sector leaders like The Boeing Company (BA), Lockheed Martin Corp. ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) Automatic Data Processing Report Disappoints Big</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/09/adp-automatic-data-processing-report-disappoints-big/75281</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the May non-farm payroll report coming out Friday morning, the market&#8217;s focus remains on the labor market. And we got a less-than-reassuring glimpse of the jobs picture through the weaker-than-expected report this morning from payroll processor Automatic Data Processing (ADP). ADP reported that 38 thousand private sector jobs were created in May, which was short of expectations in the 190 thousand vicinity. If this is a true reflection of the jobs picture in May, then we better brace ourselves for a major negative surprise from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday. Either way you look at it, today&#8217;s ADP report is not a good sign for the economic recovery. ADP&#8217;s position as the nation&#8217;s largest private-sector payroll processor provides it an excellent vantage point from which to ]]></description>
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		<title>(MCD) Demographics of Joblessness &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/04/mcd-demographics-of-joblessness-part-1/75543</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month’s employment report was deeply disappointing, and would have been shockingly low if we didn’t get the heads up from the very weak ADP report on Wednesday. The rate of job creations slowed dramatically to just a total of 54,000, from 232,000 in April, and far below the 169,000 consensus expectation. Those expectations had already come down sharply in the wake of the ADP report. Also the job creation totals for both April and March were revised lower. The unemployment rate inched up to 9.1% from 9.0% and both the civilian participation rate and the percentage of the population that is employed were unchanged. The median duration of unemployment rose to 22.0 weeks from 20.7 weeks. All in all an extremely weak report, and it is very hard to ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) Demographics of Joblessness &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/04/wmt-demographics-of-joblessness-part-2/75544</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private Sector Results The private sector added 83,000 jobs, way down from an increase of 251,000 jobs in April (revised down from 268,000). In March, the private sector added 219,000 jobs (revised down from 231,000 and an initial read of 230,000). The private sector job growth over the last three months is certainly respectable, averaging 184,300. That’s good, but hardly great, especially coming out of a deep recession. The May number was far below the consensus expectations of 180,000 private jobs gained. The downward revisions to previous months is a big shift from what we had been seeing earlier in the year, when we were seeing very big upward revisions. That makes it likely that when the June jobs report comes out, the May numbers will be revised even lower. ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/28/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-fall-again/74530</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 18:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 29,000 last week to 409,000. However, last week was revised up by 4,000, so one could see it as a 25,000 decrease. This was better than the expected level of 420,000. The trend in initial claims has been downward overall, although there have been some bumps along the way. Last month, they started to shoot back up again. That is a very worrisome trend, but this is the second week in a row of big declines (last week was down 44,000), so perhaps it was a blip, not a trend. This week repaired some more of the damage. We will need a few more weeks of declines to really be sure the trend is still in the right direction. Let us hope the ]]></description>
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		<title>(F) Unemployment Down in 39 States</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/22/f-unemployment-down-in-39-states/74655</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 04:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geographically, the decline in unemployment has been widespread, but it still remains very high in most of the country. In April, the unemployment rate fell in 39 states and rose in three (plus DC). Relative to a year ago, the unemployment rate is down in 46 states (plus DC) and up in just three. This is somewhat of a surprise, since the overall unemployment rate was 9.0% in April, up from 8.8% in March. The widespread declines from a year ago are not as unexpected, as the national rate was at 9.8% a year ago. The mystery deepens when one considers that the three with rising unemployment rates are not exactly population giants: Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. The graph below (from this source) shows the unemployment rate in each state. ]]></description>
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		<title>(PCLN) U.S. Jobs Report Better than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/06/pcln-u-s-jobs-report-better-than-expected/73500</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 01:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The negative build-up over the last few days to today&#8217;s jobs report turned out to be completely off the mark. We got an impressive jobs report this morning, with the private sector coming up with one of its best showings in a long time. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the creation of 244,000 jobs in April, handily coming ahead of expectations. This is one of the best jobs report in a very long time. Importantly, the private sector added 268,000 jobs in April, up from the March tally of 231,000, with broad-based gains across all sectors. On the negative side, the unemployment rate jumped to 9% in April from 8.8% in March, reversing the rapid decline of the preceding months. Today&#8217;s report is the first positive indicator following a ]]></description>
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		<title>(COST) U.S. Jobless Claims Report Much Higher Than Anticipated</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/05/cost-u-s-jobless-claims-report-much-higher-than-anticipated/73361</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The market is getting nervous about the economic recovery. Concerns that the first quarter softness may carry into the second quarter and beyond have been weighing on stocks lately. Economists have generally maintained their GDP growth forecasts at this stage. But softish economic readings, such as yesterday&#8217;s ISM/ADP and today&#8217;s Jobless Claims reports, increase the odds that we may start seeing those estimates start coming down in the coming days and weeks. It is with this nervous backdrop that the market is looking forward to tomorrow&#8217;s non-farm payroll report for April. In addition to some pockets of strength, particularly on the manufacturing side, the most reassuring sign on the recovery front has been the emerging signs of a labor market turnaround over the last few months. We may have to ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) Weak Automatic Data Processing Report &#8211; Mixed Earnings</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/04/adp-weak-automatic-data-processing-report-mixed-earnings/73246</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the April non-farm payroll report coming out Friday morning, the market&#8217;s focus remains on the labor market. And we got a less-than-reassuring glimpse of the jobs situation through the weaker-than-expected report this morning from the payroll processor, Automatic Data Processing (ADP). ADP reported that 179,000 private sector jobs were created in April, which was short of expectations in the 200,000 vicinity. This is also below current expectations of private sector jobs in the Friday&#8217;s non-farm payroll report. ADP&#8217;s position as the nation&#8217;s largest private-sector payroll processor provides it an excellent vantage point from which to read changes in the nation&#8217;s labor market. The ADP report did not do a good job of foretelling the government jobs reports in the winter months, but has been right on the money in ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) Automatic Data Processing Employment Survey Sees 179,000 Jobs Added</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/04/adp-automatic-data-processing-employment-survey-sees-179000-jobs-added/73260</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Automatic Data Processing (ADP) employment survey was weaker than expected in April. It shows that private sector employment rose by 179,000, below consensus expectations for a 200,000 increase. That marks a slowdown from the 207,000 jobs added (as estimated by ADP) in March. Partially offsetting the disappointment was the fact that the March numbers were revised up from a gain of 201,000 jobs. The gains, however, were widespread, and if confirmed by the BLS on Friday, would still be a solid report. In March, ADP was a bit on the conservative side, as the BLS reported a total of 230,000 private sector jobs. In January it was far too optimistic, showing a gain of 187,000 and then the BLS only reported a gain in private sector jobs of 50,000 ]]></description>
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		<title>(MA) U.S. Employment Report &#8211; Waiting for the Jobs Reports</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/03/ma-u-s-employment-report-waiting-for-the-jobs-reports/73011</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 18:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With about two-thirds of the reports in, we can safely say that first quarter earnings season has been better than expected, belying pre-season concerns about margins and the impact of Japan. This earnings strength pushed stocks to new highs in recent days. But stocks will need more than just earnings strength to make new highs from here onwards. The most important catalyst for stocks at this stage will be reassurance on the economic recovery front. And nothing will prove more reassuring than evidence that a labor market recovery is underway. We have a slew of labor market reports coming out this week, with the April non-farm payroll report on Friday capping it all. While some positive or negative earnings-related moves cannot be ruled out, I would expect stocks to essentially ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) Jobless Claims Jump by 25,000</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/28/wmt-jobless-claims-jump-by-25000/72697</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 25,000 last week to 429,000. However, last week was revised up by 1,000, so one could see it as a 26,000 increase. This was worse than the expected level of 390,000. The trend in initial claims has been downward, although there have been some bumps along the way. Recently, though, they have started to trend back up again. That is a very worrisome trend. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seemed to have broken decisively to the downside. This week did a lot of damage, and makes it hard to see the trend still being in the right direction. Let us hope the decline resumes next week. Like the weather, there is a trend towards warming in the spring, but that ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Jumps</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/14/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-jumps/71579</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance jumped by 27,000 last week to 412,000. However, last week was revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 30,000 increase. This was much worse than the expected level of 385,000. The trend in initial claims is downward, although there have been some bumps along the way. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. This week is a big bump. Let us hope the decline resumes next week. Like the weather, there is a trend towards warming in the spring, but that does not mean that next week will be warmer than this week, though we can be fairly sure that June will be warmer than January. We rose above the 400,000 level ]]></description>
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		<title>Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey: Job Openings Jump</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/13/job-openings-and-labor-turnover-survey-job-openings-jump/71446</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, the country gained a net of 194,000 jobs, and in March we gained 216,000. However that is a very small fraction of the total number of jobs that were actually created. It subtracts out the number of jobs that were also destroyed in the month. In any economic environment, there will always be jobs being created, and jobs being lost. The difference between them is what gets the headlines. However, with a month’s delay we get to look a little bit deeper and see not just the net number of jobs created or lost, but the totals on each side of the equation. It also tells how many job openings there were in the economy. This is in the “Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey,” or JOLTS. Today ]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Reserve Beige Book Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/13/federal-reserve-beige-book-summary/71475</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Beige Book is a compilation of mostly anecdotal evidence from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts about the state of the economy. This month’s edition was just released. Generally I would describe the report as being upbeat, but not exuberant. Slow and steady progress is widespread, both geographically and across sectors of the economy. The major exception to that is Real Estate, both residential and Commercial. While some companies are facing cost pressures from raw materials, they are not facing much in the way of wage pressure, so overall net margins are really not threatened, even though they are, for the most part, having trouble raising prices. Below I present, without much comment some of the key findings of the report, particularly focusing on the remarks that are generalized across ]]></description>
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		<title>Investment &amp; Unemployment &#8211; Pre &amp; Post 1990</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/investment-unemployment-pre-post-1990/70354</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently John Taylor, the Economics Professor at Stanford and the author of the Taylor Rule which is often used in monetary policy, caused a bit of a dust up in the Economics blogging community with the following graph showing a very tight correlation between the percentage of the economy that is going towards investment (Y axis), and the unemployment rate since 1990 (X axis). Of course, correlation is not the same thing as causality, and it is not exactly clear which way the causality would run if it does exist. Taylor, who strongly leans conservative in his views, was suggesting that the way to bring down unemployment is to raise the share of the economy going towards investment. Thus we should do things like cut taxes on investment. That is ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) U.S. Jobless Claims Still Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/wmt-u-s-jobless-claims-still-falling/68992</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 16,000 last week to 385,000 (last week was revised up by 4,000, so one could see it as a 12,000 decrease). This was a bit better than the expected level of 386,000. The trend in initial claims is downward, although there have been some bumps along the way. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. First the holidays and then the bad weather seemed to have played havoc with the weekly numbers, but those effects should have passed by now. Let us hope the decline continues next week. We managed to remain below the 400,000 level. If we can stay below it, this probably signals the start of much more robust job growth. We ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/29/wmt-u-s-initial-jobless-claims-rise/68519</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 26,000 last week to 397,000 (last week was revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 29,000 increase). This was a bit worse than the expected level of 382,000. While the reversal after several weeks of sharp declines is not welcome, neither is it the end of the world. The weekly numbers, after an erratic few months, seem to have broken decisively to the downside. First the holidays and then the bad weather seemed to have played havoc with the weekly numbers, but those effects should have passed by now. Let us hope the decline resumes next week. The good news is that we managed to remain below the 400,000 level. If we can stay below it, it probably signals ]]></description>
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		<title>(WMT) U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Going the Right Way</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/02/wmt-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-going-the-right-way/67560</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance dropped by 22,000 last week to 391,000 (last week was revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 19,000 decline). This was much better than the expected level of 410,000. The weekly numbers have been very erratic of late. This is a series that tends to be a bit on the flakey side around the holidays, but that effect should now be subsiding, so perhaps this is a more normalized level. Beneath 400,000 a Key Level Let us hope the decline continues. If we are below the 400,000 level &#8212; and can stay there &#8212; it would probably signal the start of robust job growth. While we have had some big upward spikes in recent weeks, the overall downward trend in initial ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) U.S. Housing Market Index Unchanged in February &#8211; It is Still Awful</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/16/len-u-s-housing-market-index-unchanged-in-february-it-is-still-awful/67023</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index (HMI) was unchanged in February, holding at 16 for the fourth month in a row. The index is a “magic 50” index, where 50 is the dividing line between homebuilders seeing the conditions as been good and being poor. As such, 16 is an extremely weak reading. The index is made up of three sub-indexes. The index tracking current sales improved by 2 points, but that only brought it up to a level of 17. The index that tracks sales expectations over the next six months rose by one point, to 25, while the index that tracks the traffic of potential homebuyers in the model homes was unchanged at 12. If you want to hunt real hard for a silver ]]></description>
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		<title>(KFT) U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Below 400,000</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/10/kft-u-s-weekly-jobless-claims-below-400000/66712</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weekly jobless claims have fallen below the 400,000 mark to 383,000 for the week ended February 5th &#8212; a dip of 36,000 and a big surprise from the 413,000 expected. It is also the lowest level since July 2008. The four-week moving average is down 15,000 to 431,500, and this figure averages in the exceptional volatility we&#8217;ve seen with these numbers lately. This further pushes the narrative that we have broken out of the &#8220;trading range&#8221; around 450,000 jobless claims we had been in throughout all of 2010. Many analysts &#8212; including Zacks Chief Market Strategist Dirk van Dijk, CFA &#8212; had been looking at the 400,000 number as a watershed level, at which point a meaningful amount of Americans are again finding work and helping the economy recover in ]]></description>
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		<title>(ADP) U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/08/adp-u-s-initial-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-fall/66317</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance fell by 42,000 last week to 415,000 (last week was revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 39,000 decline). This was a bit better than the expected level of 425,000. This is a welcome turnaround, but only partially negates last week’s big increase. This is a series that tends to be a bit on the flakey side around the holidays. That, however, does not start to describe the recent behavior of this series, as it has been downright erratic. The Yo-Yo Effect Normally one would get excited about a drop of this magnitude, but this just seems like the yo-yo going down again. We had a big drop during the Christmas week to 388,000, and then big increases over two weeks, ]]></description>
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