The preoccupation this past week with the threatened Federal Government shutdown, averted at the 11th hour, gives way this week to opening salvos in the battle for the 2012 budget. The spending cuts for the remaining 6 months of 2011 (Apr 1– Sept 30 fiscal year end) amounted to $38.5 B, a drop in
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04/11/2011
The Jobs Numbers came in Friday with some small improvements. The highlighted number of Non-Farm payroll expanding by 216k is positive. In fact, you can see from the chart below, other than the Mar/Apr/May 2010 period, this is the best increase we’ve seen in 2 years. And while only slightly above
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04/05/2011