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stockholmer

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4. $105(WTI-Cushing) / $122(North Sea Brent) a barrel oil prices do not bode well, I see QE3 by June

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 07:35 PM

Feb 2012

Hello $2000/oz gold, hello further currency debasement, hello CPI inflation. And this doesnt even take into account fully the possible Iran nightmare, nor further EU crises over here on my side of the pond.

We live in interesting times, as the Chinese say.

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Gallup survey shows 'sharp deterioration in job market' in Feburary, unemployment rate rises to 9.0% [View all] stockholmer Feb 2012 OP

Could well be a blip in a generally downward trendline. Jackpine Radical Feb 2012 #1

$105(WTI-Cushing) / $122(North Sea Brent) a barrel oil prices do not bode well, I see QE3 by June stockholmer Feb 2012 #4

I'm sure that you're drooling over the prospect. TheWraith Feb 2012 #17

Some say the real rate is at least double the official rate. phasma ex machina Feb 2012 #2

And some people say that the Earth is 6,000 years old. TheWraith Feb 2012 #12

The U6 unemployment rate is the real unemployment rate, used by Europe. It's at 15.1% Zalatix Feb 2012 #18

How does your theory about the earth's age affect unemployment? phasma ex machina Feb 2012 #19

Considering the way the numbers are obtained, the "real rate" is higher without a doubt. Bonobo Feb 2012 #20

Gallup isn't seasonally adjusted. Apparently, the same time last year, they had the rate at 10% BzaDem Feb 2012 #3

I guess we will wait and see what the BLS numbers are stockholmer Feb 2012 #6

could......'Unemployment could rise back to 9 percent' and it could go down spanone Feb 2012 #5

Don't Panic!!! LongTomH Feb 2012 #7

yes. Also, I noticed Obama said "it will rise and fall" so I think he kind of knew then. nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #15

That's not very reassuring... BlueDemKev Feb 2012 #16

Believe me! I already expect an uphill battle all the way! LongTomH Feb 2012 #22

Is Gallup a recognized authority for the unemployment rate? I never heard that. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #8

So called progressives grasping for the usual negative straws alcibiades_mystery Feb 2012 #9

What do you think BLS is? OnlinePoker Feb 2012 #10

thanks so much for this great link. nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #14

I wouldn't know what procedures are best for statistics, anyway, so I'll go w/official nos. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #21

they actually did predict that it would drop below 9 before it did...I was following it then nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #13

Now they are reporting monthly employment reports before the end of the month? Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #11

and throwing in "Regardless of what the government reports..." bhikkhu Feb 2012 #23