Calculated Risk On July Unemplyment

July Employment Report: 12K Jobs ex-Census, 9.5% Unemployment Rate

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This graph is from the article: 
Read the whole thing and the next post also which is related.
Thanks to Business Insider for pointing out the post.

Gender Bias In Empolyment

Mark Perry at Carpe Diem on what he calls the Mancession.

Liberal Media Censorship In Action

I was sent this message about video that was suppressed by threat of law suit by Time Warner at the behest of liberal media supporters of the Democrat party and supporters of the Obama campaign:

Object: The video clip that was not allowed in the USA - Pass this on to everyone.

This video shows that George Bush tried to warn Congress starting in 2001 that this economic crisis was coming, if something was not done. But congress refused to listen, along with Barney Frank. This video says it all.

The liberal AMERICAN media did not want this video on You Tube, so they had Time Warner threaten a law suit (proprietary rights) if it was not taken off.

This link is of the same video but is routed through Canada . Everyone in America needs to see this!

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the video is linked through Canada because it has been blocked for the US by the very people should be the gaurdians of free speech.

Going Down Like The Titanic

The Baltic Dry Index is an index of shipping rates. Market analysts watch the index as an indicator of growth or shrinkage in the global economy. Right now we are getting shrinkage worthy of Seinfeld.
Thanks to Bespoke for the chart.

Mish: On The Commercial Real Estate Collapse

A terrific article with some great illustrative charts at Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.
Highly recommended.
I know people buying regional banks to take advantage of the Fed's steepening of the yield curve to reliquify the banks, while avoiding the big national banks entwined in the mortgage crisis. Mish's point is that the commercial real estate problems are going to impact the regional banks very negatively.

Econobrowser: Recessions at the State level

Econobrowser post the first of two articles on recessions at the state level, with very interesting live charts. Click the link to view. i want him to follow up explaining how to make those charts.