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November Non-Farm Payrolls Could Hit 400k

November Non-Farm Payrolls Could Hit 400k

The US economy has officially entered a recession and the labor market numbers that are due on Friday will confirm that. Not only do we expect the US economy to report its eleventh consecutive month of job losses but the job losses will probably be the largest in 26 years. In 2001, there [...]

US Recession Officially Began in December 2007, According to NBER

The National Bureau of Economic Recession final admits that the US in a recession and it is about time! According to official recession dating agency, the US economy hit a peak in December 2007. According to the WSJ, the peak marks the end of the expansion that began in November 2001 and the beginning [...]