http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/08/03/employment-situation-normal-all-fouled-up/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:36:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/08/03/employment-situation-normal-all-fouled-up/comment-page-1/#comment-53083 Conference Calls Confirm Trendless Employment Growth | Stock Market Beat Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:01:01 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/08/03/employment-situation-normal-all-fouled-up/#comment-53083 [...] When it comes to reading financial statements and government statistics, it is a good practice to follow Ronald Reagan’s admonition to “trust, but verify” whenever possible. Many have pointed out the high percentage of US job growth generated by the “birth/death model” in recent years, and I have noted that despite headlines to the contrary even the government’s statistics on job growth look sluggish. [...] [...] When it comes to reading financial statements and government statistics, it is a good practice to follow Ronald Reagan’s admonition to “trust, but verify” whenever possible. Many have pointed out the high percentage of US job growth generated by the “birth/death model” in recent years, and I have noted that despite headlines to the contrary even the government’s statistics on job growth look sluggish. [...]

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