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More Robots, Fewer Jobs

Bloomberg has an article out this morning showing the economic zones where the Robotics industry is taking jobs away from humans. More Robots, Fewer Jobs This is a fact of…

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Payrolls +211,000; Details & Words to Follow…

Of course, the main market-moving event is scheduled for this weekend, and Kevin Muir has some good thoughts on it, with players all but discounting Le Pen. But here in…

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Read more about the article The U.S. Economy, Post-Payrolls & Pre-FOMC

The U.S. Economy, Post-Payrolls & Pre-FOMC

This week's Notes From the Rabbit Hole included a little Payrolls/Wages related economic discussion before moving on to the usual coverage of stock markets, commodities, precious metals, bonds, currencies and…

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February NFP Report +235,000 Beating Forecasts

I am starting this post just prior to the NFP release.  Here is the link to BLS for reference.  The median forecast by economist type people is +221,000 vs. the…

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NAFTA Hurting the US? Really?

In reading this article by Mike Shedlock debunking the 'NAFTA is bad for the US' theme, I had to laugh.  Mish goes at it from a million different angles but…

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January Payrolls +227,000

BLS has released January's payrolls report, thusly... click the graphic for the full report. Here is the industry breakdown, as the Good Ship Services sails on... [edit] adding a graph…

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Payrolls +156,000, Below Expectations of 180,000

From BLS, click for full report... Subscribe to NFTRH Premium for your 30-45 page weekly report, interim updates and NFTRH+ chart and trade ideas or the free eLetter for an…

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November Payrolls @ +178,000

The number is a little below estimates, but still fine.  Of course, NFP is the laggard of laggards and we've got a leader of leaders, the cyclical SEMI data, presenting…

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Read more about the article And So it Begins; the Trump Re-Shoring Hype

And So it Begins; the Trump Re-Shoring Hype

You may get tired of me calling everything hype this and hysteria that.  Hell, I get tired of me doing that.  But as a market manager I have got to…

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October ISM: PMI Steady at 51.9%

ISM is not going to move many needles one way or the other with this report.  I've highlighted the important items.  New orders eased but are still in growth mode…

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Economic Data and Trends (NFTRH 416 excerpt)

This is a new segment for NFTRH, as of a couple of weeks ago.  The report has all along included economic and macro data but as with the 'Gold vs.'…

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Looking into the ISM Rebound

The most important ISM element is the one that improved the most in September; New Orders.  Order Backlog contraction eased as well, to near even. A few notables are highlighted…

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