Unemployment claims drop to three and a half year low

[skookerasbil]

Flash Crash in 2012?????..........CNBC..............

News Headlines

 

[Neubarth]

Actually, that statement is slightly in error. The latest employment numbers do show more and more people back at work. The chart below is in Thousands, so the number of employed has risen from 139 Million to 141 Million from November of last year to November of this year.

Characteristic Not seasonally adjusted. Total 16 years and over

Nov. 2010 139,415
Oct. 2011 140,987
Nov. 2011 141,070


FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers(1)
Nov. 2010 111,348_____Oct. 2011.. 113,456_____ Nov. 2011 113,138

Part-time workers(2)
Nov. 2010 28,068_____Oct. 2011 27,530_____ Nov. 2011 27,932
Footnotes
(1) Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
(2) Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

 

[skookerasbil]

$6.3 Trillion Wiped Off Global Markets in 2011
Published: Friday, 30 Dec 2011 | 11:13 PM ET Text Size By: Robin Wigglesworth in London

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[skookerasbil]

3rd Quarter growth?

1.8%


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No question.........like Chris says, the economy is roaring!!!

 

[Neubarth]

December 29, 2011..................

Weekly Jobless Claims Jump | Fox Business

To show the recent trend, I have copied down the DOL reports for the past two months.

Date __Adjusted __Unadjusted

12/24/11 381,000 490,364

12/17/11 364,000 418,466

12/10/11 366,000 433,287

12/03/11 381,000 523,642

11/26/11 402,000 370,616

11/19/11 393,000 437,049

11/12/11 388,000 360,139

11/05/11 390,000 398,753

10/29/11 397,000 366,923



These are NEW weekly claims. For the most part people who have just lost their jobs file right away, so as a barometer of present trends, the numbers for December are frightening.

 

[skookerasbil]

This guys predictions are scary accurate................YIKES

Gerald Celente expects bank holiday or economic martial law in 2012 predictions - National Finance Examiner | Examiner.com

 

[skookerasbil]

PS.......this MF Global story will soon be exploding.

Celentes take is fascinating..................

“Your Money Is Not Safe”: Gerald Celente on the Moral of MF Global’s Collapse | Daily Ticker - Yahoo! Finance