“There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the US employment situation over the past few months. The January data was particularly contentious, in part because that’s when the BLS, or Bureau of Labor Statistics, made its annual revisions to try to square its numbers with changes in the population. The BLS uses two different …
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Oil surges on strong US manufacturing data (via AFP) World oil prices surged Monday after stronger-than-expected manufacturing data in the United States, the world’s top crude oil consumer, offset weaker figures in Europe. John Kilduff at Again Capital noted that with the beginning of the second quarter trading Monday, “there will be new money coming…
Organizational Behavior and Financial Markets By Holly A. Bell In March I published an article in the journal Insights to a Changing World titled, “Efficient Financial Markets as Organizations: A Metaphoric Analysis”. The purpose of the article was to explore efficient financial markets from the perspective of organizational behavior. The purpose was not to establish …
US-China trade disputes likely to rage on (via AFP) The recent bumper consignment of US-China trade disputes will be followed by boatload after boatload of new problems in coming years, experts predict, but that may be little cause for concern. The sheer range of products fought over by the world’s two largest economies is imposing, …
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By Holly A. Bell The newspaper headlines seem to be a mix of positive and negative economic indicators lately. On the positive side we’re hearing new jobless claims and unemployment are down, corporate profits are up, and the stock market is at its highest level in years. However, the negative does seem to prevail this …
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Trade Battle Brewing Over Rare Minerals (via redOrbit) A battle is brewing over the global supply of 17 rare earth minerals reports the Associated Press this week. The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints on Tuesday with the World Trade Organization claiming that China has set limits on the export of rare …
By Holly A. Bell It’s spring break in Alaska. It’s hard to tell as it was 10 below zero Tuesday morning and there are still a couple of feet of snow in the yard with more on the way. While the Lower 48 had one of their warmest and driest winters on record we had …
Top US CEOs push jobs, growth plan (via AFP) A group of chief executives of leading US companies presented Wednesday a roadmap to put the struggling economy back on a solid growth track, create jobs and sharpen global competitiveness. Amid political gridlock in Washington, the Business Roundtable, representing companies with over $6 trillion…
National Consumer Protection Week: It’s Up to You (Sorry!) (via Credit.com) [Free Resource: Check your credit for free before applying for a credit card] This year, in particular, no one really wants a restrained consumer; and by no one I mean not your Occupy Wall Street-friendly local small business, nor the largest of American corporations, …
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