| Links for July 3 Today we outsource with some interesting links on oil markets and housing. Lots of useful observations on oil supply and demand from Yves Smith, including the fact that BP's Thunder Horse, which promises soon to be pumping a quarter million barrels per day of crude oil out of the Gulf of Mexico, has ... 2 days ago · Econbrowser · econbrowser.com by James Hamilton ()  457 references |
| Eurozone hike interest rates to 4.25pc The European Central Bank (ECB) today defied the threat of recession in many eurozone countries and raised interest rates to their highest level for almost seven years, despite frantic political pressure. ECB President, Jean-Claude Trichet, issued a strong warning on Wednesday that inflation in the ... 2 days ago · Moneyizor · moneyizor.com by John Evans 3 references |
| Unemployment Rates for Women The top line numbers in today's Employment Situation news release from the BLS showed net job losses in the establishment survey (-62,000), making for a total of 438,000 net jobs (0.32%) lost since the December peak, and the unemployment rate holding steady at 5.5 percent. With more bad news, we are ... 2 days ago · Capital Gains and Games - ... · capitalgainsandgames.com by Andrew Samwick 54 references |
| Pick your favorite headline Browsing web-sites this morning, and I noticed something strange: Unemployment held steady and rose at the same time last month. Don;t believe me? Click the picture at the right and take a look at the two highlighted headlines. Which one is right? Here is the AP story both headlines presumably draw ... 2 days ago · Environmental Economics · env-econ.net by Tim Haab 168 references |
