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Debt Deflation in Spain: Record 4.7% Decline in Household Credit, Business Lending Down 10% Posted by Michael Shedlock at 10:01 PM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice.
Bloomberg reports Emerging Market Slowdown to Last for Years Unilever (UNA) Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman said the economic slowdown in emerging markets is here to stay as many countries need to enact structural reforms to adjust to new conditions after the boom of recent years.“They are still relatively stronger economies, but still fragile,†Polman said. “And you see that growth coming off now a little bit, obviously not being helped either by lower demand coming from Europe and the U.S
Inquiring minds are investigating the Fight for 15 website. Here is a snip. Stand with striking Chicago fast food and retail workers! We, hundreds of fast food and retail workers, went on strike at 30 stores in the Loop and the Magnificent Mile to demand $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation.
Arnaud Montebourg, Minister of Industrial Renewal of France, has a new target in his sights, the French public procurement group UGAP . Here is some background information about UGAP.
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Please consider China Cotton: Bale of a Tale It is never easy to put a positive spin on buying high and then selling low. Then again, the cotton that China plans to start selling from its vast state reserves this week, at a price below what it paid for this year’s harvest, might be rather hard actually to spin, period. Cotton can go brittle if stored for a long time.
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12 Month Avg Excluding October 2013 111 207 Even after eliminating the government shutdown effect, the difference between the two surveys is still huge. From October 2012 through September 2013, the household survey suggests employment rose by an average of 111,000 per month. The establishment survey suggests 207,000 jobs per month on average