Saturday, March 10, 2012

An appology for being "missing in inaction"

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[mEDITate-OR: assume that all you need is a little more sleep.... =========== First, we apologize for taking a few weeks "sabbatical...

Passing out is SO-O-O-O embarrassing..., possible even fatal

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[mEDITate-OR: assume that your body is not "talking" to you. --------- And, if it was not a heart attack, what is really wrong....

And, then it got a whole lot worse...

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[mEDITate-OR: forget Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, it will" and at the most inopportune time. -----------
Saturday, February 18, 2012

Bad news on Phoenix area home valuations, but next year may be better

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[mEDITate-OR: assume that what is missing.... will not cost you anything. ---------- JGBHimself Feb-20 @ 10:28 PM It was "ICKy...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Say Hello to the GOP's New Favorite Statistic: Workforce Participation

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[mEDITate-OR: wonder where "stupidity" really lies.... ------------- JGBellHimself Said you, our "crossing over",  J...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

MBA Application Survey – Feb 15

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[mEDITate-OR: assume that all the PIIGS are equal -------- the purchase application volume declined 8.4% and the refinance application ...

FMac+MBA = 30-Year Fixed-rate Mortgage Unchanged From All-time Record Low = at 3.87 pct.

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[mEDITate-OR: wonder if the problem is that RE loans are not being made... not that they are "affordable" --------- --------...

PE+CR = Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Claims Feb 16 = Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decline to 348,000

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[mEDITate-OR ------------ ------------ ----------- --------- =========== PE+CR Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended ...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Greece’s debt rose to 159.1% of GDP in Q3 of 2011 from 138.8% year earlier; Ireland's rose from 88.4% to 104.9%

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[mEDITate-OR: not notice that Ireland is sinking, once again... now, with absolutely nothing to borrow against. --------- Next year we w...

US Trade Deficit now equal to the last year in W's term of office

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[mEDITate-OR: assume that the recession must be over... the trade deficit is now as large as it was when the collapse began. See, we real...

China's Trade Surplus = up in Dec and for the year and against U.S.

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[mEDITate-OR: not appreciate the "cushion" that China creates for itself to protect themselves from U.S. and from Europe ------...

Canada's Trade Surplus doubles

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[mEDITate-OR: not notice that the Loonie is back UP, and so is the Trade Surplus. ------- ==========

German Exports Slump Most Since Jan 09 = exports top trillion euro mark + German Industrial Output Falls Unexpectedly In Dec = Trade Figures Pose Growth Risk

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[mEDITate-OR: not learn that Germany is throwing out their "baby"... along with Greece's bathwater. -------- However, ther...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

NP = Envisioning Employment: Employment Situation Jan = Full Time Workers Fully Under Pressure + Recovery-less Recovery: Unemployment Duration + On The Margin: Total Unemployment

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[mEDITate-OR: ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- =========== Envisioning Employment: Employment Sit...

NP: On The Stamp: Food Stamp Participation Nov

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[mEDITate-OR: pretend that even after we cut off their UI benefits... they will still be entitled to, and need, food stamps for their chil...