From Brian Wesbury at First trust portfolios
" civilian employment, an alternative measure of job growth that includes small business start-ups, declined 310,000 in May.
despite the big headline gain for nonfarm payrolls, the total number of hours worked (which also comes from the institutional survey) slipped 0.1% in May. In other words, these businesses were hiring but there was less for their workers to do. our view that the labor market will be a lagging indicator as we enter the next recession. If larger employers hoard workers to fulfill future increases in business activity, but those increases don’t come, that just means more workers will get laid off later on.
Ed McQuarrie talks the REAL History of Stocks and Bond performance.
We're taking my son to his Introduction to Auburn event at Auburn University.
we'll see you next week though!
In the meantime, a white paper I'm reading.
"This study validates...that the implementation of (China's) Five Year Plan was followed by a significant production expansion in the encouraged sectors of China. This expansion crowds out production in the same sectors in the US, leading to significant drops in both employment and investments and a notable increase in plant closures."
But it's TRUMP that started the trade war, eh?
sorry folks gotta move all this mulch by this weekend.
WE're preparing for my son Cavan's high school graduation party. So, it's a BIT hectic here to make sure everything is in place...
If it was me, I'd grill burgers and sit on coolers full of water. But apparently I'm not in charge. Who knew?