Good. Can't hurt.

Sure it could. May still be a good idea, but, every time we pour more money in, we increase the size of the inflation snap-back later. Although "later" keeps being pushed out because the growth is so slow at this point.

 

Sure it could. May still be a good idea, but, every time we pour more money in, we increase the size of the inflation snap-back later. Although "later" keeps being pushed out because the growth is so slow at this point.

Assuming the Fed is willing to allow an inflation snap-back to happen (it isn't) or that the inflation snap-back is so fast that the Fed can't react (seemingly without historic precedent).

Assuming the Fed is willing to allow an inflation snap-back to happen (it isn't) or that the inflation snap-back is so fast that the Fed can't react (seemingly without historic precedent).

 

 

So to is there balance sheet and the amount of easing they have undertaken. The Fed is almost the entire MBS mkt. They purchase 77 of the 80-90 billion of MBS every month.

This has come up before, but, a cool graph from a cool company:

This has come up before, but, a cool graph from a cool company:

Not surprising - even with some downside value risk, it is far cheaper and smarter to buy then rent right now (if you plan to stay for at least a few years). The problem is tight credit, or not having downpayment, for most people. As the markets continue to recover, and employment improves (hopefully), the down payment barrier will be removed for more people. So it really then becomes about the credit.

 

Also... when there's blood on the streets, buy property. In Detroit.

 

Revised Labor Department figures find an extra 386,000 jobs

Revised Labor Department figures find an extra 386,000 jobs

 

 

SHOCKING right before an election with an incumbent Democrat president.

That must be it! Quick, get Unskewed polls on the job!

Unemployment drops unexpectedly to 7.8%

Unemployment drops unexpectedly to 7.8%

Romney won the debate, easy correlation right there.

Romney won the debate, easy correlation right there.

 

lol

Unemployment drops unexpectedly to 7.8%

 

And for once it wasn't because of a fall in workforce participation.

Progress, folks

And for once it wasn't because of a fall in workforce participation.

 

It's still a too-slow improvement, but at least it is improvement.

And for once it wasn't because of a fall in workforce participation.

This is about the most positive jobs report to come out in the past year, maybe more. Not only did the UE rate actually go down due to people finding work... they also revised up the jobs growth in August and July by 86k, and beat expectations on job creation rate.

 

Trend is still not strong enough to be that big rally we've all been waiting for, but this is a real improvement.

 

Now... whomever gets elected President, go out there and remove the uncertainties - fiscal cliff, regulations, etc. - then we can get to the business of a strong recovery.

 

It's all a conspiracy

 

First the polls and now this.

Now... whomever gets elected President, go out there and remove the uncertainties - fiscal cliff, regulations, etc. - then we can get to the business of a strong recovery.

 

Congress.

Congress.

Need both.

 

Congress.

Also, when it comes to regs, much of this is NOT Congress - the guidelines already passed in legislation, the solidifying of rules and regs has been sitting in various agencies for year. That is executive, and it is on the President.

 

Revised Labor Department figures find an extra 386,000 jobs

 

 

SHOCKING right before an election with an incumbent Democrat president.

 

Unemployment drops unexpectedly to 7.8%

 

 

It's all a conspiracy

 

 

“The numbers are put together by trained professionals and in a process that keeps politicians from interfering,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and a chief economic adviser to former President George W. Bush. “Any sort of suggestion to the contrary is wrong.”

Former Bush administration spokesman Tony Fratto took to Twitter to say: “Stop with the dumb conspiracy theories. Good grief.”

 

 

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/...l#ixzz28SGxCL10

Edited October 5, 201213 yr by Jake

what's the relevance of witesoxfan's quote?

So pretty much all of the job additions for July and August were governmental jobs.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/us-...b71a_story.html

 

A separate government survey of companies and government agencies showed they added 114,000 jobs in September. And it turns out that 86,000 more jobs were added in July and August than the government had initially estimated.

 

It also shows that federal, state and local governments added 10,000 jobs in September and a revised 63,000 jobs combined in July and August. The government’s initial estimates had shown government job losses for July and August.