tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post6923331079721476075..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Weekly claims updateScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-12523631621374899952012-04-27T08:39:31.551-07:002012-04-27T08:39:31.551-07:00Donny-
Market Monetarists also want rules-based F...Donny-<br /><br />Market Monetarists also want rules-based Fed policy.<br /><br />But Taylor can devise a rile that will be more bullish, and aggressive for growth.<br /><br />The original Taylor Rule, as devised, would call for interest rates at negative four percent. Taylor would probably call for aggressive and sustained QE, once Romney was in office. If a war was started, it would be easy. Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-16722474453443761022012-04-26T21:13:11.920-07:002012-04-26T21:13:11.920-07:00I know Hubbard. He wants TreasSec. Taylor could ...I know Hubbard. He wants TreasSec. Taylor could be Fed Chairman. Taylor wants "rules based" Fed policy and not the guessing game we have now.Donny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-37913270298622600862012-04-26T13:14:42.279-07:002012-04-26T13:14:42.279-07:00I personally know more people that have lost their...I personally know more people that have lost their jobs these last 6 months, than I did in all of 2008-2009.... jusy sayin'Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218368702832658780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-60901112810085551192012-04-26T12:53:53.514-07:002012-04-26T12:53:53.514-07:00On Romney's Fed picks:
"Asked in Octobe...On Romney's Fed picks: <br /><br />"Asked in October who he would pick, Romney said he had made no decision, but then suggested his top two economic advisers - Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University's business school, and Harvard professor Greg Mankiw - would be good candidates.<br /><br />Among other names that have surfaced as possible Bernanke successors should Obama lose the Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-45704995568438305872012-04-26T12:08:50.432-07:002012-04-26T12:08:50.432-07:00Big jump in the y-o-y increase in intermodal rail ...Big jump in the y-o-y increase in intermodal rail traffic last week.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aar.org/AAR/NewsAndEvents/Freight-Rail-Traffic/2012/04/~/media/aar/weekly_traffic_reports/2012/2012-04-26-railtraffic.ashx" rel="nofollow">Up 6%</a><br /><br />The previous week, intermodal had only been up 1.6%, which had been typical for the previous few months.<br /><a href="http://www.aar.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-11147925184803369342012-04-26T12:06:57.252-07:002012-04-26T12:06:57.252-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-73890408072512378932012-04-26T12:06:42.767-07:002012-04-26T12:06:42.767-07:00The problem isn't that there isn't enough ...The problem isn't that there isn't enough money supply. The problem is too much debt. That is, people & companies are tapped out. And the problem is too much bad debt.<br /><br />Could it be possible to force 6% inflation while freezing government spending at all levels? Soon, private sector debt would be reduced significantly while governments debt doesn't increase.Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088030568579672500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-41175380228334315712012-04-26T10:01:47.138-07:002012-04-26T10:01:47.138-07:00Isn't John Taylor Romney's appointment to ...Isn't John Taylor Romney's appointment to head the Fed??broderohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510948491117506660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-55845624196037295472012-04-26T09:36:03.348-07:002012-04-26T09:36:03.348-07:00Still, there are signs the economy is weakening. ...Still, there are signs the economy is weakening. The Fed should be proactive, and start hard into QE, a program that has been successful when tried. Instead, the dithering, feeble Fed will wait until recession, and start with QE then. <br /><br />John Taylor, GOP solon and arch-conservative, has written--indeed, gushed--about the success of QE in Japan.<br /><br />Lately, John Taylor has Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-8860010335504374072012-04-26T08:57:13.207-07:002012-04-26T08:57:13.207-07:00Nomura says it's an issue with the seasonal ad...Nomura says it's an issue with the seasonal adjustments.<br /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nomura-heres-the-truth-about-the-surge-in-jobless-claims-2012-4" rel="nofollow">LINK</a><br /><br />I wonder if there's some new phenomenon going on where companies are increasing layoffs after Q1 ends?<br /><br />In response to brodero's comment, I also noticed Pennsylvania a couple Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-6483303097227296072012-04-26T08:53:16.195-07:002012-04-26T08:53:16.195-07:00It is going to a long road,,,look at the postponab...It is going to a long road,,,look at the postponable purchases to GDP ratio...we have come off a 65 year low and we are slowly improving but we are improving...this ratio was way too high in the past ( especially in the 1997 to 2007 era)broderohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510948491117506660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-32985765256116668002012-04-26T08:34:36.917-07:002012-04-26T08:34:36.917-07:00when wil it all end? when will we have a real rec...when wil it all end? when will we have a real recovery, a healthy economy with opportunities and vision, and no need for you to cheerlead? where will it come from? we've been at this for four years now.marcusbalbushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13596266889368486043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-1693845138019513932012-04-26T08:17:02.711-07:002012-04-26T08:17:02.711-07:00The pace of the decline of the 52 week moving aver...The pace of the decline of the 52 week moving average of Non Seasonally<br />adjusted jobless claims has slowed<br />( down 353 this week) but the direction is still downward. There appears to be some increased jobless<br />activity in the New York and New Jersey area...other areas are still <br />moving southwardbroderohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510948491117506660noreply@blogger.com