Marc Chandler: The Bigger Jobs Crisis Doesn’t Show Up In The Unemployment Rate

by MarcToMarket

The March US jobs report will be released Friday, Good Friday, when many European countries are on holiday and the US is partially on holiday. Unlike the proverbial tree that may not make a sound, if there is no one to hear it, the data will be important even if the lack of market participation prevents much of a reaction.

Given these circumstances, perhaps what will be more useful than a [...]

Is It The Weather, Stupid? David Rosenberg On What “April In January” Means For Seasonal Adjustments

by ZH

Remember last year when the tiniest snowfall was reason for everyone and their grandmother to miss every possible estimate, always blaming it on the weather? Or rainfall in the spring? Or warm weather during the summer? Oddly enough one never hears about the opposite: the beneficial, and one-time, impact to trendline due to countertrend weather, such as the fact that we just had April weather in January. Granted, nobody in [...]