Average Hourly Earnings Trends

I have written many blog posts concerning the worrisome trends in income and earnings. Along these lines, one of the measures showing disconcerting trends is that of hourly earnings. While the concept of hourly earnings can be defined and measured in a variety of ways, below are a few charts that I believe broadly illustrate problematic …

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U-3 And U-6 Unemployment Rate Long-Term Reference Charts As Of January 9, 2015

Shortly after each monthly employment report I have been posting a continual series titled “3 Critical Unemployment Charts.” Of course, there are many other employment charts that can be displayed as well. For reference purposes, below are the U-3 and U-6 Unemployment Rate charts from a long-term historical perspective.  Both charts are from the St. …

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3 Critical Unemployment Charts – January 2015

As I have commented previously, as in the October 6, 2009 post (“A Note About Unemployment Statistics”), in my opinion the official methodologies used to measure the various job loss and unemployment statistics do not provide an accurate depiction; they serve to understate the severity of unemployment. However, even if one chooses to look at the …

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Financial Condition Of Many Americans

The financial condition of many Americans remains very disconcerting on many fronts, as seen in many statistics and empiricism. I have have written many posts on this widespread problematical financial condition, and many of these posts are seen in the “paycheck to paycheck” tag. One recent notable report on the financial conditions of Americans includes …

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CEO Confidence Surveys 4Q 2014 – Notable Excerpts

On January 8, 2015, The Conference Board and PwC released the 4th Quarter Measure Of CEO Confidence.   The overall measure of CEO Confidence was at 60, up from 59 in the third quarter. [note:  a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses] Notable excerpts from this January 8 Press Release include: …

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Deloitte “CFO Signals” Report Q4 2014 – Notable Aspects

Recently Deloitte released their “CFO Signals” “High-Level Summary” report for the 4th Quarter of 2014. As seen in page 2 of the report, “One hundred and two CFOs responded during the two-week period ending November 21. Seventy-two percent of respondents are from public companies, and 82% are from companies with more than $1B in annual revenue. For more …

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Building Financial Danger – January 8, 2015 Update

On October 17, 2011 I wrote a post titled “Danger Signs In The Stock Market, Financial System And Economy.”  This post is a brief 44nd update to that post. My overall analysis indicates a continuing elevated and growing level of financial danger which contains many worldwide and U.S.-specific “stresses” of a very complex nature. I have written …

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Charts Of Equities’ Performance Since March 9, 2009 And January 1, 1980 – January 8, 2015 Update

In the March 9, 2012 post (“Charts of Equities’ Performance Since March 9, 2009 And January 1, 1980“) I highlighted two charts for reference purposes. Below are those two charts, updated through the latest daily closing price. The first is a daily chart of the S&P500 (shown in green), as well as five prominent (AAPL, IBM, …

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