This clearly shows that relying on the household survey's employment measure as a barometer of labor market conditions is not only risky, but also an incorrect assumption. |
This confidence is encouraging and takes some of the pressure off the terrible number we saw with retail sales. |
This confirms fears that the economy was growing slowly, but it doesn't absolutely mean we are headed for a double-dip recession. |
This economic recovery is a lot more fragile than most of us thought. |
This employment report means that the phrase 'considerable period' will stick around for a considerably longer period of time. |
This gives the Fed license to continue executing monetary policy. If they see any signs of slow growth in employment, industrial production, or retail sales, they certainly have the green light to make another cut. They have total flexibility to do whatever it takes to prevent a recession. |
This hurricane dwarfs anything we've seen before. There are still a lot of people out there that just have not had a chance to file. |
This is a report that represents judgment day for the Federal Reserve, |
This is a shock -- and the shock is going to be there. |
This is a sign that the housing market is not exempt from the laws of gravity, |
This is actually a good report because it really tells us the economy is healthy. |
This is an economy coming back, but it's going to be a moderate recovery. But we should not despair, since a balanced recovery has the best chance of turning into a longer-lasting recovery. |
This is an exciting number, but it was warmer in November than usual. The warm weather is the equivalent of zero-percent financing on automobile sales. You're going to see this work itself off in months to come. |
This is clearly a non-threatening report for investors and policy makers alike. Labor market conditions appear to be tepid enough to justify less rather than more Fed rate hikes while wage pressures did not spoil the party. |
This is telling us that, moving forward, we may have bitten the bullet on the inventory overhang situation. |