Monthly Archives: October 2013

September retail sales and quarterly change:

the report on employment situation for September, delayed two and a half weeks due to the shutdown, was finally released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, and as many have noted, it wasn’t worth the wait…showing weak job … Continue reading →

payroll jobs by industry: August trade deficit:

you all know, of course, that a last minute deal was struck on Wednesday to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, but not before late Tuesday House shenanigans prompted a sell-off of short term US Treasuries by … Continue reading →

Dems vs Reps budget plans:

  it should go without saying that “non essential” government operations have remained shut down over the past week, and we are rapidly closing in on the October 17th date when the full faith and credit of the United States … Continue reading →

monthly delinquency percentages: foreclosure starts vs foreclosure sales: national foreclosure pipelines: foreclosure pipelines by state: % non current mortgages by state table: delinquency & foreclosure history; loan counts: August consumer credit outstanding:

you all probably already know that all non-essential government operations have been shut down since Monday midnight, and a little over 800,000 civilian government workers out of a total of around 2 million government employees have been furloughed since then…this … Continue reading →

jobs added monthly bar graph: long term comparison to BLS:   jobs added by size of business: jobs added by selected industry: unemployment rates, SA & NSA: underemployment rates: payroll to population: