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The US Labor Market In One Chart (According To The Fed)
Having spent the last few years blowing away the importance of the unemployment rate propaganda as participation rates have now become mainstream media discussion points, we were not surprised when the Fed admitted that it uses a "dashboard" of various employment measures (even if the world watches payrolls data as if there life depended upon it). As The Fed's Jim Bullard shows in his latest presentation, there are 13 variables the Fed follows. As the following chart shows, the surge in temporary help services hardly supports the great news that Friday's jobs data appeared to be (given stock market reactions).
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With McDonalds sales being flat, the main driver of employment in the nation is faltering
I don't have any beef with that comment.
When did Hasbro start using a Spirograph to do charts for the Fed?
That's not a jobs chart! That was design to hypnotize Hedglings into buying stocks!!!!
AVERT YOUR EYES!!!
more like a web to catch muppets and suck them dry.
I used to frickin' love Galaga.
I still do. Remember Sinistar?!
Who doesn't remember Frank !
robotron
I think Tempest is the 80's video game reference you were looking for...
looks like the background video to indagaaada divvvvvaaadddaaaa ( in the garden of eden)
looks like the background video to indagaaada divvvvvaaadddaaaa ( in the garden of eden)
You mean "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".
Google too hard for you, oklaboy ?
If this was Football Manager May 2014 would make a decent Defensive Midfielder
So everything is worse than 2004 other than temp. help and initial unemployment claims.
Winning?
Shelob has eaten the labor market.
Bullard is just making shit up at this point.
"Hey Janet, look what my little girl brought home from her 3rd grade art class.
Jim that is so nice. Tell ya what, let's use it as an employment chart this month. All in favor?
I's have it!
At last! A schematic of the spider web that is the FED.
Craig