• 161K New Jobs In October

    161K New Jobs In October
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS has released its monthly non farm payroll numbers and the headline has come slightly below expectations 161K new jobs were created in October under the 170 175K range analysts had anticipated The unemployment rate ticked down back to 4 9 As
  • Riddle Me This Why Has Employment Gained and Sales Declined?

    Riddle Me This Why Has Employment Gained and Sales Declined?
    Using technical jargon, the employment numbers and business sales are seriously out of whack. Sales are in contraction and employment is in expansion - an event usually associated with recessions. There are issues with defining the problem. The employment data includes a certain amount of double counting (the
  • Chinese conquest

    Chinese conquest
    Chinese investors are spending billions buying Western games companies - what are the pros and cons?

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