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The End Of The World As We Know It?
But, according to some portfolio managers and financial advisors, persistently high — even devastatingly high — unemployment could easily derail the recovery and cause stocks…
23Jul2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedFebruary Job Losses Slam Economy, Unemployment Rate Hits 8.1%
The U.S. economy shed 651,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, the third-largest monthly total since the government began compiling data in 1939.
It’s…
9Mar2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedU.S. Companies “Throw in the Towel”- Pushing Jobless Claims to a 26-Year High
The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rocketed to a 26-year high last week, surpassing already gloomy forecasts, as the U.S. economy…
12Dec2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued4 new reports reveal battered economy
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
(AP:WASHINGTON) The government released a quartet of reports Wednesday that paint a bleak picture of the nation’s economy: Jobless claims remain at…
26Nov2008 | INO | 0 comments | ContinuedSecond, and Possibly Third, Stimulus on the Way as Unemployment Poses Next Major Hurdle for the Economy
With gross domestic product plummeting and the jobless rate at a 14-year high, U.S. policymakers will have to author at least one more stimulus package…
12Nov2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedTen states unemployment insurance funds face insolvency
CNN.com
10/9/08
Emanuella Grinberg
The demand for unemployment benefits across the country has put a strain on state unemployment funds, with such funds in at least 10 states…
13Oct2008 | The Real Deal | Comments Off | ContinuedSign of the times
An unemployed man with an advanced finance degree who was despondent over his own financial problems shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and…
7Oct2008 | The Real Deal | Comments Off | ContinuedHeads I Win, Tails You Lose: Why the Senate Bailout Bill Will Fail Taxpayers
My sister lives in a landmark building in Coral Gables, Fla. There was a fire in one apartment in the building. After that fire was…
2Oct2008 | Money Morning | 1 comment | ContinuedSpreading the Slowdown
“Wall Street, central bankers, economists, politicians – and most investors too – are betting on a soft landing,” said a friend from New York. “A…
27Aug2008 | Daily Reckoning | Comments Off | ContinuedUNEMPLOYMENT SURVIVAL GUIDE
Judy Stark, the Homes and Garden editor for the St. Petersburg Times, writes that it is a “sign of the times” when a local county-sponsored…
19Aug2008 | Daily Reckoning | Comments Off | ContinuedRetail Sales Down as Unemployment Rises and Home Values Decline
Retail sales fell 0.1% in July, as home values declined, unemployment rose, and consumers cut back on big-ticket spending.
The decline was the first drop…
14Aug2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedFederal Reserve Holds Rates Steady at 2.00%, Says “Downside Risks†and Inflation Remain Concerns
Federal Reserve policymakers yesterday (Tuesday) kept the nation’s benchmark interest rate at 2.00% for the second consecutive meeting, although inflation accelerated and the U.S. economy…
6Aug2008 | Money Morning | 1 comment | ContinuedEconomy Enters Dangerous Waters as Job Losses Mount in June
Payrolls tumbled for the sixth consecutive month in June, bringing the total number of job losses in the first half of the year to 438,000.…
7Jul2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedThe Magical Debt-Free Sweet Spot
There’s a house on my block
That’s abandoned and cold
Folks moved out of it a
Long time ago
And they took all their things
And they never came back
Looks…
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