by Jason Apollo Voss | 30 03 2011 | Blog
According to massive payroll firm, ADP, the U.S. economy created 201,000 jobs in March. Analysis: Really there isn’t much to say here other than that this big job add figure is very welcome. Even in a month where the public’s focus was on crises in...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 30 03 2011 | Blog
Independent survey firm, Challenger, Gray & Christmas (CGC) of Chicago, announced that planned firings are down 39% from March of last year. This percentage figure represents translates into planned job losses of 41,528. Additionally, compared to just last...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 29 03 2011 | Blog
This morning the Conference Board reported that March consumer confidence fell to 63.4 from February’s (revised upward) level of 72.0. Analysis: This result had to be expected given the uncertainty generated by the crises in both the Middle East and...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 03 2011 | Blog
This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce announced February’s consumer spending and income numbers. Spending was up 0.7% versus an expectation by economists of up by 0.6%. Similarly, income was up 0.3% compared to the 0.4% up that economists had...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 27 03 2011 | Blog
During the onset of the Great Recession the Federal Government, along with the Federal Reserve, stepped into the U.S. economy to shore up its failing foundations. Now the end of that artificial support is being curtailed. I consider this to be a very good thing...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 26 03 2011 | Blog
Back in February I published an intuitive assessment of the Middle East unrest that has been a fairly accurate rendition of the events that have unfolded throughout the troubled region. As effective as intuition is at providing insight into moments where facts are...
