The monthly employment report was released at 8:30 EDT Friday. Surprisingly, it was very bullish. Private non-farm payrolls grew by 2.5 MM, the market had expected a drop of 8 MM. The headline unemployment rate fell to 13.3% when it was expected to rise to 19.7%. The broader U6 unemployment...

I can't hold back anymore, I have got to say this: You can get a job! You can be off the welfare wagon, but you must WANT TO! I constantly read these blogs/forum messages/editorials about people who complain about minimum wages, not getting a job, too old, too young, can't lift this, can't do...

We have a boat anchor on our economy Federally caused and Banking caused. Seems we are spending all of our hard earned on wars, welfare for the unemployed or just plain poor working for subsistence wages 128 million souls and printing gobs of banknotes still for creaky banks we should have let...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/world/europe/hunger-on-the-rise-in-spain.html Sorry if this article was posted or being discussed elsewhere. Looks like Spain's people are becoming more desperate as no end in joblessness is in sight.....:( "The woman, 33, said that she had once worked at the...

Why you are unemployed... I might point out nobody in India faces the kind of winter which is common around here...I graduated from Michigan State University... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_India)...

I agree with his take on the economy, and I am a trained economist and work in the financial sector. build your boat I am not a subscriber of his or associated with him in anyway

I was getting beer tonight and talking to the guy at the store and we talked about how he had gotten laid off and took this job to make a little money. I don't want to come off sounding like I am elitist or anything, but it got me to thinking about when I was growing up...clear up until 2003 or...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2011/03/04/VI2011030402106.html?hpid=topnews Hopefully this is the beginning of a recovery. Either way its good news. Less people sitting around on welfare that I have to pay:thumb: Was just posting it so you guys could see it. Im crossing...

Good article about thoughts from Senator Coburn. Economic Woes May Destroy Middle Class, Sen. Coburn Warns. "Apocalyptic pain" from an out-of-control debt could cause 18 percent unemployment and a massive contraction in the economy that would destroy the middle class, a leading Republican...

Instead of spending all this money on unemployment, and paying people to go to the bar to get drunk, why don't we use the same amount of money to pay people to work? The money is being spent anyway, why not get projects done? In the winter, snow needs to be shoveled. In the spring and summer...

I keep hearing about people who can’t find work. I know that it is more difficult to generate an income when the economy is sluggish but I have been blessed to find work pretty quickly when I needed it, so I thought I might offer some tips to anyone who is having a hard time making enough money...

Bloomberg Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a4yuz57GLJQA Excerpt:

Deflation not Inflation? Many of us are expecting Inflation due to a doubling in the governements issuance of fiat currency (not literally "printing as most was issued electronically). But have we called it wrong? :xeye: Below a well reasoned argument on what could come before the...