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Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM EST

Challenger Gray Layoffs Dominated By Ten Firms (VZ)(WMT)(M)(XRX)(LMT)

Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced that layoffs disclosed by major US firms last month hit 71,482 in January up from 49,094…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Feb 1, 2010 at 4:42 PM EST

Federal Reserve Survey: Consumers Don’t Want A Loan

Today the Federal Reserve released its survey of senior loan officers covering the fourth quarter of 2009. The survey covered…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 28, 2010 at 6:04 AM EST

College Endowments Plunged In 2009

The National Association of College and University Business Officers reports that college endowments lost a substantial part of their value…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 27, 2010 at 2:29 PM EST

FOMC: Free Money Policy Remains… 1 Dissenting Vote

The Federal Open Market Committee has just kept rates steady at the ongoing 0.00% to 0.25% rate target. The vote…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 27, 2010 at 4:52 AM EST

Signs Of The Apocalypse: The 182 Page CBO 2010 Deficit Analysis

A review of the Congressional Budget Office forecast of the 2010 to 2020 fiscal P&L and balance sheets for the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 26, 2010 at 6:24 AM EST

Defense Spending And The Federal Deficit

The Administration will propose a three-year freeze on domestic spending programs that make up 17% of the federal budget. The…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 26, 2010 at 5:10 AM EST

Clinton Gathering Trumps Davos

The World Economic Forum at Davos has lost its cache of a few years. It was hurt badly by the recession.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 25, 2010 at 4:43 AM EST

Signs Of The Apocalypse: The Return Of The Layoff

Layoffs in unrelated industries, even when close together in time, are just that—unrelated. That is until they begin to grow…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 21, 2010 at 6:03 AM EST

China GDP Up 10.7%, Perhaps The US Could, Too

China’s GDP grew 10.7% in the fourth quarter, a figure that the economies in Japan, the US, and Europe will…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 21, 2010 at 4:59 AM EST

The Octogenarian Workforce

Pulte Homes, the largest builder of new homes in the US, recently released a survey that says among people over…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 20, 2010 at 5:27 AM EST

Cities Will Struggle With High Unemployment For Years

The U.S. Conference of Mayors recently released a report that says jobless rates will peak this year but that it…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 19, 2010 at 6:05 AM EST

Wives Begin To Take Over As Top Family Earners

Wives are increasingly becoming the top earners in American households. The Pew Research Center reports that in 2007, in 22%…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 18, 2010 at 6:41 AM EST

The Return Of The Double Dip

The more distance that most of the large national economies put between themselves and the deepest part of the recession,…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 15, 2010 at 6:06 AM EST

Largest Risk To Global Stability May Be China Growth

China’s economic growth is considered by many analysts to be the engine for global GDP improvement. Experts expect China, with its GDP…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jan 14, 2010 at 6:14 PM EST

Fifteen Percent Unemployment For Two More Years

The chart that shows what the Congressional Budget Office believes the unemployment level will be is buried deep in the…

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Challenger Gray Layoffs Dominated By Ten Firms (VZ)(WMT)(M)(XRX)(LMT)

Federal Reserve Survey: Consumers Don’t Want A Loan

College Endowments Plunged In 2009

FOMC: Free Money Policy Remains… 1 Dissenting Vote

Signs Of The Apocalypse: The 182 Page CBO 2010 Deficit Analysis

Defense Spending And The Federal Deficit

Clinton Gathering Trumps Davos

Signs Of The Apocalypse: The Return Of The Layoff

China GDP Up 10.7%, Perhaps The US Could, Too

The Octogenarian Workforce

Cities Will Struggle With High Unemployment For Years

Wives Begin To Take Over As Top Family Earners

The Return Of The Double Dip

Largest Risk To Global Stability May Be China Growth

Fifteen Percent Unemployment For Two More Years

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Economy Articles

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Challenger Gray Layoffs Dominated By Ten Firms (VZ)(WMT)(M)(XRX)(LMT)

Federal Reserve Survey: Consumers Don’t Want A Loan

College Endowments Plunged In 2009

FOMC: Free Money Policy Remains… 1 Dissenting Vote

Signs Of The Apocalypse: The 182 Page CBO 2010 Deficit Analysis

Defense Spending And The Federal Deficit

Clinton Gathering Trumps Davos

Signs Of The Apocalypse: The Return Of The Layoff

China GDP Up 10.7%, Perhaps The US Could, Too

The Octogenarian Workforce

Cities Will Struggle With High Unemployment For Years

Wives Begin To Take Over As Top Family Earners

The Return Of The Double Dip

Largest Risk To Global Stability May Be China Growth

Fifteen Percent Unemployment For Two More Years

Wall Street CIO: The AI Trade is “Technically Unsustainable.” Buy These Two Industries Instead.

Wall Street Strategist: SpaceX Will Force a Major Stock Market Repositioning. Buy These Stocks Instead.

3 Dividend Stocks Built for Retirement to Buy in June

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