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Question #2 for 2024: How much will job growth slow in 2024? Or will the economy lose jobs?

Calculated Risk

2) Employment: Through November 2023, the economy added 2.6 Or will the economy lose jobs? The bad news - for job growth - is that a combination of a slowing economy, demographics and a labor market near full employment suggests fewer jobs will be added in 2024. Or will the economy lose jobs? million jobs in 2023.

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Monthly NFPs Are Rounding Errors

The Big Picture

June 3rd, 2011) THE MOST IMPORTANT EVER NFP blah blah blah (June 7th, 2013) “What’s Your NFP Number?” workers in the economy that excludes proprietors, private household employees, unpaid volunteers, farm employees, and the unincorporated self-employed.

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Unemployment Up 0.3% = Fed on Hold

The Big Picture

If you were watching the video instead of the still pic , it was apparent that the biggest risk to the economy then was less rising prices than a tardy FOMC over-tightening. I have been saying since June 2022 that inflation had peaked; the data has been leaning that way since May 2022.

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MiB: Gretchen Morgenson on Private Equity

The Big Picture

They also wrote the 2011 bestseller “ Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon ,” about the mortgage crisis. economy, but American society as a whole. She (and coauthor Joshua Rosner) recently published “ These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs―and Wrecks―America.”

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Rising Youth And The Issue Of Unemployment In India

Trade Brains

India can become the 3rd largest economy by 2027 and even the 2nd largest by 2075, surpassing the US. Now, that’s a huge number of young, talented people, and a great opportunity for the country to grow its economy with multitalented and skilled youths in this competitive world. But hold on! Isn’t it very soon to celebrate?

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Tata Motors Exit from West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee’s Costly Mistake?

Trade Brains

May 20, 2011: Mamata Banerjee became the CM of West Bengal and decided to return 400 acres of land to farmers. June 14, 2011: The govt. June 22, 2011: Tata Motors moves to the Calcutta High Court challenging the bill. October 3, 2008: Tatas announced moving the Nano project from Singur to Sanand, Gujarat.

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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increased in Weekly Survey

Calculated Risk

Incoming economic data continue to send mixed signals about the economy, with the overall impact leaving Treasury yields higher last week as markets expect that the Federal Reserve will need to hold rates higher for longer to slow inflation. percent, a record high for the jumbo series, which dates back to 2011.”

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