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• Monetary Policy Week In Review – 26 Feb 2011
• The Week Ahead: US Employment Report, ECB Rate Decision, ISM Manufacturing And Services Index, Fed’s Beige Book
• Hmmm…
• U.S. Manufacturing: More Output, Fewer Workers
• Stock Market Summary For Friday, February 25, 2011

Monetary Policy Week In Review – 26 Feb 2011 Posted: 26 Feb 2011 01:25 AM PST Emerging market monetary policy meetings dominated the central banking headlines during the past week. The banks that announced interest rate decisions included: Hungary, Israel, Vietnam, Namibia, Rwanda, Moldova, Russia, and Colombia. Four of the banks made changes, and all were increases; Israel, Russia, and Colombia increased their rates +25 basis points, while Vietnam made itself the standout again with +100bps to its rate, after a 200 basis point increase the week before. There was also … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

The Week Ahead: US Employment Report, ECB Rate Decision, ISM Manufacturing And Services Index, Fed’s Beige Book Posted: 25 Feb 2011 09:00 PM PST 02/26/11 The stories, data, and stocks that may have the greatest impact during the next trading … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

Hmmm… Posted: 25 Feb 2011 08:15 PM PST So, let me see if I’ve got this straight: Americans are being forced to settle for less when it comes to their working lives – “U.S. Economy Trades High-Paying Jobs For Low-Paying Positions, Report Finds” (Huffington Post) In the last 12 months, the U.S. economy has largely traded high-quality jobs for poorly-paid positions, according to a new report by the National Employment Law Project. Though the economy has added more than a million jobs over the last year, new positions have … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

U.S. Manufacturing: More Output, Fewer Workers Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:35 PM PST I have featured the graphs above before on CD, and they were the basis for this op-ed in today’s WSJ, “The Truth About U.S. Manufacturing” (also available here).   See Dan Ikenson’s related post on the Cato blog, he’s done some great work on this topic, here’s what he says: “It can't be emphasized enough how important it is to present such illuminating, factual, compelling analyses to a public that is starved for the truth and routinely subject to lies, half-baked assertions, and … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

Stock Market Summary For Friday, February 25, 2011 Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST After some strong selling in the prior sessions stocks notched strong gains today. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were able to close above the resistance levels we recently outlined. Market breadth was good. However, diving under the surface indicated investor participation was not strong and investors might have been using strength to sell shares rather than accumulate them. Staying with the trend we are raising the support/resistance levels on the DJIA, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates

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