The Labor Force Participation Rate

The Labor Force Participation Rate. The Non Farm Payroll number showed “robust” job gains and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5%. Yet, the labor force participation rate is down for all age groups since the Great Recession began, other than for those 55 years and older. Podcast Summary Intro 0:00-4:40 Job Led Recovery? or Jobless Read More →

Why the Job Recovery is a Farce Illustrated in Six Charts

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Why the Job Recovery is a Farce. The Labor Force Participation Rates Among Various Age Groups Show Serious Weakness in the Labor Market. The main stream media has been trumpeting the wonderful state of the U.S. labor market. Superlatives like “Robust” “Buoyant” “Solid” “Strengthening” are used to describe the job market. But…. The Job Recovery Read More →

Shanghai Gold Exchange Delivers 38 Tonnes of Gold Through the Last Week of February

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The Shanghai Gold Exchange. The Shanghai Gold Exchange delivered 37.917 tonnes of gold through the week ended February 27, 2015. The Shanghai Gold Exchange has delivered about 412 tonnes of gold to date in 2015. Volume of Physical Gold Delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange Remains at Record Pace in 2015. The Shanghai Gold Exchange Read More →

Ten Reasons the Real Estate Market WON’T Go Ballistic This Spring

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Ten Reasons the Real Estate Market WON’T Go Ballistic This Spring The podcast ends with a critique of a recent Fortune article titled “Ten Reasons the Real Estate Market Could Go Ballistic This Spring” (see below) Podcast Summary Introduction: 0:00-3:58 What’s Next for the Fed? 3:58-7:36 The Fed has chatted the dollar higher with all Read More →

Perth Mint February 2015 Sales

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Silver and Gold Sales at the Perth Mint in February 2015. Silver sales were flat at the Perth Mint in February year over year. Gold sales were down 32% at the Perth Mint in February year over year. Silver Sales at the Perth Mint in February 2015 Sales of silver at the Perth Mint were Read More →

The Silver to Gold Sales Ratio February 2015

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Silver and Gold Sales at the U.S. Mint in February 2015 February sales of 3,022,000 American Silver Eagles bring the year to date sales to 8,552,000 ahead of 2014’s record pace. Sales of one ounce American Gold Eagle sales were down sharply in February to 12,500 from 51,500 in January. U.S. Mint Sold 241.76 times Read More →