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WASHINGTON – The economic recovery gained traction in late fall as shoppers spent a bit more and factories bumped up production. That assessment Wednesday by the Federal Reserve marked its most upbeat view since the economy tumbled into recession two years ago. The Fed's new snapshot of business barometers nationwide found that conditions have generally improved since the last report in late October. Eight of the Fed's 12 regions surveyed reported some pickup in activity or improved conditions, the Fed said. Those regions were: Boston, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas and San Francisco. The four other regions — Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond and Atlanta — described conditions as little changed or mixed.

12/12 b****es. Top 2%!!!!!!!!!

stay tuned.

so if you spend $20,000 in retail purchases, you'll save $100 a year in tax?

the report's analysis, is saying that the unemployment rate would be 10.5-11.1% had the $100 billion not been spent.

Only $100 billion of the $787 billion stimulus package passed nine months ago has actually been spent by the federal government so far, with another $90 billion of stimulus coming in the form of tax reductions, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported Monday evening. That leaves three quarters of the package -- and its stimulative effects -- yet to come. Slow as that pace may seem, it's in line with initial CBO estimates. But much of the spending hasn't had the full impact it could, the report says, because "it appears that stimulus funds substituted for some spending from regular appropriations." Despite the limitations, the CBO estimates that between 600,000 and 1.6 million people were employed in the third quarter of 2009 who otherwise would not have been. The spending and tax cuts raised the Gross Domestic Product by somewhere between 1.2 and 3.2 percent, it found, and reduced unemployment by 0.3 to 0.9 percent. Full article is here... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/30/s...o_n_374729.html

John Danks had the second-highest percentage of pitches in the strike zone to Minnesota’s Scott Baker.

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fact checking??? why start now?

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/1063...E&cm_ite=NA NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A regional manufacturing indicator of business activity -- this time in the Midwest -- surprised to the upside again in November, ticking to its highest point in over a year. The Chicago purchasing managers index rose to 56.1 in November from 54.2 in October, according to a release on Monday. Many economists and analysts had forecast the index to decline to 53.3. The figure, cobbled together from a survey of purchasing managers, acts as a gauge of the health for the manufacturing industry in the Midwest. An index value above 50 denotes expansion, while a showing below 50 suggests that the sector is contracting. The October result was also its first above the threshold in over a year. A reading on new orders also rose during the month, to 62.8 from 61.4.

I wonder if Drudge will run a headline with this news. Somehow I doubt it. 8 days total south of the 50% line. Currently at 51-41% in the Gallup Daily Poll.

WASHINGTON – In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 04:01 PM) What? If we get to unemployment claims to a number, we have "job growth"? This is a bump for temporary holiday work. ive heard this too. there is a number (i thought I had heard 500,000) where anything below that signaled job growth. the thing to keep in mind is that these are initial jobless claims. this will always be a positive number since people (even in a good economy) are always losing their jobs, quitting, etc. You can't have a negative amount of people filing for unemployment for the first time. The best it could ever be is 0. So back to the magic number, even in a bad economy, people are being hired for work. So the question mark is, how many people are being hired this week for work? Now this number can never be negative either. The worst it could be is 0.

The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities rose 0.3 percent to 144.96 in September, the fourth monthly increase in a row. The seasonally adjusted index is now up more than 3 percent from its bottom in May, but still 30 percent below its peak in April 2006.

Jim Rice was... - A 8 time All Star - A 2 time Silver Slugger Winner - A MVP Winner (1978) - Finished in the Top 5 for MVP, 6 times - Led his team to 2 World Series - In the 1990 World Series he hit .333 - Played in the Field - Career Avg .293 30HR 113RBI - Got into the HOF on his 15th and Final Try. Harold Baines was... - A 6 time All Star. - A 1 time Silver Slugger Winner. - Never Won a MVP. - Never Finished in the Top 5 for MVP. - Led his team to 1 World Series - In the 1986 World Series he hit .143 - Rarely played in the Field - Career Avg .283 22HR 93RBI

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose in October at a faster-than-expected pace to the highest in more than 2-1/2 years as buyers rushed to take advantage of a popular tax credit, a survey showed on Monday. The National Association of Realtors said sales surged a record 10.1 percent month-over-month to an annual rate of 6.10 million units, the highest since February 2007, from a downwardly revised 5.54 million-unit pace in September. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected October sales to jump to a 5.70 million-unit pace from the previously reported 5.57 million units in September. Compared to October last year, home sales were up by a record 23.5 percent.

when will it be released? I got a post-card the other day from the Oakland Athletics with their Spring Training Schedule already. (i went to a Sox/A's game at the A's stadium last year so i guess i'm on their mailing list now)

I just figured that the President is on a Reagan-esque track.. meaning that in 25 years, all candidates will try and emulate him.

What am I missing here??? Daily Tracking- Gallup 50-44% http://www.pollingreport.com/obama_job.htm#Gallup Various Opinion Polls taken since 11/1/09 + approval varies from +17% (CBS) to Neutral (Fox) http://www.pollingreport.com/obama_job.htm

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 06:06 PM) From 1999 to 2009, give or take, the equity markets were essentially unchanged. I believe that is the only 10 year period if its kind since the Depression. That is what he means by the Lost Decade. Historically, over longish periods of time, like 10+ years, you could rely on the broader markets to make you about 7 to 10% on equity year over year, with some variance if you played with the 10 years you picked. But zero gain, the complete loss of the equity premium, for 10 years, is unique. well then here's what i dont understand.... 1) how can the stock market be a gauge of a "lost decade" but then be meaningless, economically when its gone up 35% in the past 6 months? All I hear all day, is how the stock markets gains dont mean anything economically to the country. 2) isnt the whole notion of a "lost decade" very subjective? Ok, from 1/1/00 to 1/1/10 the market had 0% growth (or negative growth). However once you factor in yields, you would be positive. Also when the market tanked in April 2009, can we go out to April 2019 and say what an awesome decade's worth of growth. Can't you just pick the start date of your decade analysis to show either outstanding or horrible growth levels?

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 04:54 PM) Interesting. Does this mean the end of Jayson Nix as a Sox? AAA

does the whole state have to be declared a disaster area or just part of the state? Could also apply to Iowa and other midwestern states hit with those floods a few years back.

when you (or others) say that we had a lost decade, what does that really mean?

anyone ever use it?

Its interesting to note that the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll is running on average 52% approval 41% disapproval for the President over the past month or so. 47% of the country did not vote for the President in 2008. While 53% did. So since the election... his approval % is -1% his disapproval % is -6% 6% of the people who didn't vote for Obama, don't dis-approve his performance. (that's a triple negative!!!)