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Ray of Light: U.S. Private Sector Hiring Increases

Filed under: Good news, Economic Data, Federal Reserve, RecessionThis past week's data point of significance for investors has to be the February nonfarm payroll report by the U.S. Department of Labor, which indicated that the U.S. economy created 192,...

Comfort Zone Investing: The QE2 Is Sinking

Filed under: Comfort Zone Investing, Federal Reserve, CurrencyMost good deeds never go unpunished. That's certainly the case for the latest effort from the Federal Reserve (the Fed). It wants to pump $600 billion into the economy to keep interest rates...

Serious Money: Dubai Vaporizes $48 Trillion

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Manufacturing, economic growth in China

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Export orders were on the rise in October in China, suggesting a strengthening recovery and an opportunity to cut back on stimulus spending. The manufacturing measure grew at its fastest rate in the past...

Target opening new stores, creating new jobs

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On Tuesday, discount retailer Target (NYSE: TGT) announced that it is going to do its best to stimulate the job market. The company announced that it will open 26 new stores, which will lead to 5,000 new jobs. These...

Freshwater versus saltwater circa 1988

As a follow-up to my post on debt and it’s exclusion as a subject of merit amongst several schools of economic thought, I wanted to bring a New York Times article from 1988 to your attention. This article by Peter Kilborn, a Washington, D.C. based former correspondent for the New York Times, is timeless. It [...]...

Bernanke expresses anger over bailouts at town-hall meeting

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Upset about last year's major bailouts? Well, you aren't the only one. At a town-hall meeting in Kansas City, Mo., Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said that he had to "hold my nose" over...