Tag: civilian

December 18, 2012 0

Normalized Unemployment Rates; Cyclical vs. Secular Forces

By News Desk

Many have heard of normalized P/E ratios based on 10-year earnings averages and the concept of reversion to the mean. To the best of my knowledge no one has attempted to normalize unemployment rates based on demographic trends, although some have attempted unemployment normalizations based on changing definitions of the meaning of unemployment

December 7, 2012 0

Startling Look at Job Demographics by Age

By News Desk

For the rest of the trend, consider my comment in today’s job report: Establishment Survey +146,000; Household Survey -122,000 Jobs; Unemployment 7.7% as Labor Force Shrinks by 350,000 In the last year, the civilian noninstitutional population rose by 3,733,000.

September 13, 2012 0

Panic!

By News Desk

Panic! In my previous post Desperation Bazooka Tactics; Gold Soars Following Huge Headfake , I mentioned " This seems like desperation bazooka tactics.