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发帖数: 2172 | 1 这时候还到处搞领土纠纷就是找死啊.
Japan logs record trade gap in 2012 as exports struggle.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-logs-record-trade-gap-00563
Japan logged a record annual trade deficit in 2012 as exports continued to
slide in December in a worrying signal that the effects of a weaker yen and
the new government's moves to boost the economy with fiscal and monetary
stimulus have been slow in coming.
Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers improved for a second straight month
and is seen returning to a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 2 I don't forecast 崩溃. I do forecast major economic reshuffling. |
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发帖数: 4825 | 3 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-25/china-cuts-capacity-in
By Bloomberg News - Jul 25, 2013 8:10 PM CT
China ordered more than 1,400 companies in 19 industries to cut excess
production capacity this year, part of efforts to shift toward slower, more-
sustainable economic growth.
Steel, ferroalloys, electrolytic aluminum, copper smelting, cement and paper
are among areas affected, the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology said in a statement yesterday. Excess capacity must be idled... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1131 | 4 旅美华人学者直言了：美国敲响了转基因的丧钟
2014-03-06 17:47:30 来源：陈一文博客 作者：直言了
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大约三年过去了，来自美国社会民意和官方本身的各种压力，迫使美国农业部终于
放弃了侥幸心理、把那份报告亮出来了。有两层意义：一是对那些压力有个交代;二是
，一旦国会要做听政调查，该部门表明了自己早已看到症结问题所在。问题是：什么缘
故使该报告拖延了三年才发表?这恐怕是大有文章的。且先不说那故事文章，也且不说
那报告意味着政策方面的重大战略调整(或转移)及其何时和如何实现，仅那报告终于发
表了，就足以说明，在转基因技术的发源发祥地美国，给转基因化工农业及其食品作物
的丧钟、已经敲响了。旅美华人直言了引用美国农业部2014年2月拖延三年后不得不公
布的一份官方报告与数据揭示：实行转基因化工农业以来，美国农业生产率呈现惨跌;
百年回首，症结突显;美国农业的单位成本高升和单位产量降低。转基因作物商业化以
后，草甘膦用量剧增，“超级杂草”泛滥。美国农业部其实早在2011年就看到了转基因
作物商业化是得不偿失或事与愿违的事实，但却抱有... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 5 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-03/china-hsbc-manufacturi
By Bloomberg News Jun 3, 2014 3:40 AM CT
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China's Economy Seen Stabilizing, AMP's Oliver Says
A Chinese manufacturing gauge rose to a four-month high, signaling that the
economy is stabilizing even as job cuts and weakness in the property market
underscore pressure on the government to do more to s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 7 http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20141120/death-toll-now-
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a
third day on Thursday, piling more misery on a city already buried by an
epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow
on the ground when it’s all done.
But the meteorological “kick me” sign on the city hasn’t fallen off just
yet. Forecasters say a rapid weekend warmup, with temperatures as high as 60
and rain, could turn all th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 42116 | 8 Top US Oil States Are Taking A Hit From Plunging Crude Prices
(Reuters) - After leading the U.S. economic recovery out of recession, some
of the nation's top oil states are showing early signs of a slowdown as a
result of the plunge in crude prices.
In Houston, Texas, the first oil industry layoffs have been announced, with
realtors there predicting a sharp decline, up to 12 percent, in home sales
next year.
Alaska's 2015 fiscal year budget revenue forecast will have to be lowered by
almost $2 b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16479 | 9 真有爱心啊。德国难民危机，活该！
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bad agricultural policies and changing eating habits in
developing nations are primarily to blame for rising food prices, not
biofuel production as some critics claim, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
said on Thursday.
Environmentalists and humanitarian groups have stepped up campaigning
against biofuels, arguing they divert production away from food and animal
feed while contributing to sharp rises in the price of cereals and milk
products.
But Merkel, whose c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3942 | 10 No wonder they seem to like each other; they are akin in their abuse of the
truth.
Among the many dangers of Donald Trump is that he will make the United
States “great” again in exactly the way that the GOP front-runner’s one-
time admirer, Vladimir Putin, claims he is making Russia “great” again.
In other words, fraudulently.
In Russia today, thanks to Putin, spectacle, theater and lying pervade the
media, confuse the discourse and have turned the viewing public into an
electorate that no longe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6442 | 12 The U.S. economy expanded less than forecast in the second quarter after a
weaker start to the year than previously estimated as companies slimmed down
inventories and remained wary of investing amid shaky global demand.
Gross domestic product rose at a 1.2 percent annualized rate after a 0.8
percent advance the prior quarter, Commerce Department figures showed Friday
in Washington. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg
called for a 2.5 percent second-quarter increase. |
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发帖数: 609 | 13 (一)历史篇
（1）总统辩论
1980年里根和卡特的十月28日辩论之前，卡特的Favorable 和支持率都很高。当时10月
28日辩论的收看人数是个记录(80+million) ，辩论之后，获得辩论胜利的里根扭转局
势，他的Favorable 和支持率急速上升，两个星期后当选总统。
今年的辩论的收视率也是个记录（84+millions），还有人看网络直播的。Hillary获得
了辩论的胜利，本来她的Favorable 和支持率本来就比trump的要好，辩论之后她的他
的Favorable 和支持率扶摇直上。
虽然第二场副总统辩论是Pence赢了，但是9月26日的第一次辩论是这四场辩论中最重要
的一场，而且观看的人那么多，由此推论Hillary必会当选。
（2）Favorable 和 Unfavorable rating
http://www.gallup.com/poll/193376/trump-leads-clinton-historically-bad-image-ratings.aspx
Favorable 和 Unfavorable是一个重要指标。根据历史数据，从1956年... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5610 | 14 这么重要的一个问题，居然无人回应，反映出大多数老中对重要问题没有兴趣，或者缺
乏社会分析的工具和手段。
美国有一个政府赞助，民间组织的Good Judgment Project，这个项目的建成是对政经
事件进行准确预测。免费参加，每个人会被评估预测的准确度。
一般来说，大家公认wisdom of the crowd, 即使大多数人没有充分信息，但是把所有
人的预测加总的结果，会是一个比较准确的预测。 从Good Judgment Project得到的结
果来看，除了有wisdom of the crowd，还有一批Super Forecaster，他们从事行业广
泛，和政经不一定有关系，但是通过一系列的预测，发现他们平均预测能力不仅超过普
通人，而且超过有充分信息的专家，包括中情局专家。他们的优势在于思想方法，预测
概率细分，和更快更新。
如果你平时看未来问题，是从概率出发，不是单纯1，0，或者uncertain，那么你有
super forecaster的潜力。
如果想参加这个项目，试试自己预测能力，网站在https://www.gjopen.com/ |
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发帖数: 4915 | 15 Samsung to overtake Apple with record profits
It said operating profit soared a forecast-beating 72.9pc from the previous
year to 14.07 trillion won (£9.6bn), compared with consensus forecasts
of $10.6bn (£8bn) for US titan Apple, which is due to report next week.
Apple posted revenue of $45.4 billion, an operating profit of $8.7 billion. |
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发帖数: 29677 | 16
U.S. soybean exports (crop year*):
2012: 1,328 million bushels
2013: 1,639 million bushels
2014: 1,842 million bushels
2015: 1,940 million bushels
2016: 1,985 million bushels (forecast)
U.S. soybean exports as percent of production:
2012: 44 percent
2013: 49 percent
2014: 47 percent
2015: 49 percent
2016: 47 percent (forecast)
U.S. soybean exports by country, 2014/15
Top five destinations:
China—1,085 million bushels
European Union—167 million bush... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4796 | 18 泥哥有”黑豹”
华人现在有了crazy rich asian。
Chasing a 'gold open,' 'Crazy Rich Asians' supporters buy
tickets for strangers
Teresa Hsiao won’t be making it to a “Crazy Rich Asians” screening until
Saturday, but dozens of people will be able to see the film on Wednesday,
its opening day, thanks to help from her and two of her friends.
On Aug. 11, Hsiao wrote on Twitter that she would buy tickets to the film —
based on the 2013 novel by Kevin Kwan — for those who couldn’t afford it
with help from TV producer ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2394 | 19 这些大佬大不大？
"There's no reason to think that the probability of a recession in the next
year or two is at all elevated" (Powell, Oct. 18); "The Federal Reserve is
not currently forecasting a recession" (Bernanke, Jan. 2008); <1/3>
“We don't have the capability of reliably forecasting a recession” (
Greenspan, Dec. 2000) <2/3> |
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发帖数: 1 | 20 中国手机大厂的天气预报程式可监控你 怎样才能安全？
问：很多人的手机，都会安装天气报告和预测应用程式，以便第一时间知道最新天气情
况，但有一款天气应用程式，会暗中收集用户的手机数据，甚至像IMEI一类资料，这是
甚么公司开发的软件？而这软件会带来甚么问题？
李建军：近日发现有问题的手机应用程式，是中国手机大厂TCL开发的程式，这款叫
Weather Forecast的程式，被揭发在未经用户批准的情况下，私自上传手机IMEI到公司
的主机，而IMEI的手机的独有代号，每部手机都不一样，而天气预测软件，亦很多时会
搜集GPS定位资料，以便提供第一手的天气资讯。
换言之，TCL基本上可以透过这款手机，建立一个用户行踪的资料，只要知道目标人物
手机的IMEI，就可以知道他的出入动向，对于监控海外异见人士，以至有关人员蒐集情
报都十分有用，再加上TCL在中国并非二流公司，而是属于有相当地位的大厂，现时
Blackberry新款手机都由TCL代工。因此，TCL的程式就引发外界相当大的关注。而TCL
公司表示，他们打算移除蒐集IMEI的功能，但已经引起西方国家相当多用户的警戒，因
为这款应用程式在多... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 21 The 10 future supercities are listed as: Bangalore, Wuhan, Istanbul,
Shanghai, Bangkok, Denver, Atlanta, Cancun-Tulum, Madrid, and Vancouver. It
also mentions other cities such as Athens and Kuala Lumpur.
Article details
PUBLICATION:
The Futurist
VOLUME/ISSUE:
Vol. 33, No. 6
PUBLICATION DATE:
June-July 1999
CONTRIBUTORS:
Conway, McKinley
SUBJECTS:
Cities and Towns--Forecasts and Trends
Metropolitan Areas--Forecasts and Trends |
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发帖数: 632 | 22 Article details
PUBLICATION:
The Futurist
VOLUME/ISSUE:
Vol. 33, No. 6
PUBLICATION DATE:
June-July 1999
CONTRIBUTORS:
Conway, McKinley
SUBJECTS:
Cities and Towns--Forecasts and Trends
Metropolitan Areas--Forecasts and Trends |
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发帖数: 1619 | 23 BEIJING -- A doubling of pork prices last month sent Chinese consumer
inflation to its highest level in nearly eight years, constraining Beijing's
ability to stimulate the economy as growth continues to slow.
China's consumer-price index rose 3.8% in October from a year earlier, the
National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday -- higher than a median forecast
of 3.5% by economists polled by The Wall Street Journal, and far outpacing
September's 3.0% reading.
As it has all year, October's jump in ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2469 | 24 The Trump administration is dialing up efforts to 'build that wall,' records
show
By Bob Ortega, CNN Investigates
Updated 12:56 PM ET, Fri November 22, 2019
Private land can be seized to build wall
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Crucial 2020 battleground weighs in on impeachment
Jason Brown
DOJ says Chicago gang leader radicalized by ISIS
Sam Hunt arrested for DUI in Nashville
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: Chairman of Burton Snowb... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9482 | 25 http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/05/investors-sue-facebook-inc-fb-
Investors Sue Facebook (FB) and Underwriters
A lawsuit has been filed by three Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) investors who say
that analysts at the underwriters’ banks did not properly disclose any
changes to forecasts and expectations of Facebook.
The lawsuit came after news broke that analysts, particularly at Morgan
Stanley (NYSE:MS) and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), had their
forecasts cut on Facebook during the company’s road... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3096 | 26 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-25/china-cuts-capacity-in
By Bloomberg News - Jul 25, 2013 8:10 PM CT
China ordered more than 1,400 companies in 19 industries to cut excess
production capacity this year, part of efforts to shift toward slower, more-
sustainable economic growth.
Steel, ferroalloys, electrolytic aluminum, copper smelting, cement and paper
are among areas affected, the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology said in a statement yesterday. Excess capacity must be idled... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 MADRID (AFP) – Spain announced Friday its jobless rate surged to a 13-year
record above 20 percent at the end of 2010, the highest level in the
industrialized world, as the economy struggled for air.
It was more bad news for an economy fighting to regain the trust of
financial markets and avoid being trapped in a debt quagmire that has
engulfed Greece and Ireland and now menaces Portugal.
Another 121,900 people joined Spain's unemployment queues in the final
quarter of the year, pushing the tota... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 28 If you’re feeling sticker shock from higher grocery prices, it’s not your
imagination, and no relief is in sight.
Wholesale food prices spiked 3.9 percent in February from January, the
biggest jump in 36 years, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
Most of the increase was because of a sharp rise in vegetable costs, but
meat and dairy prices also jumped. Harsh winter freezes in Florida, Texas
and other Southern states damaged crops, driving up vegetable prices.
Meanwhile global prices for corn, w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 29 ATHENS—Greece's economy is expected to contract more than previously
expected
this year, the European Commission said Friday, while it warned that the
country's budget deficit would be sharply higher than government targets.
According to the European Union's 2011 spring forecast, the Greek economy
will
shrink 3.5% this year, against a forecast of minus 3.0% from just two months
earlier as unemployment soars and austerity measures weigh on consumer
demand.
The report also said that Greece's budge... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 I'd say thank Granholm but she promptly abandoned the state after destroying
our economy to spend time with her own kind at the People's Republic of
Berkeley. From The Detroit Free Press, the predictable result of liberal
policies:
Detroit is one of 46 metropolitan areas nationwide facing the prospect
of another lost decade when it comes to job creation, according to a report
released Monday by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
It will take until sometime beyond 2021 before the Detroit area... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 Confidence among U.S. consumers plunged in August to the lowest level since
May 1980, adding to concern that weak employment gains and volatility in the
stock market will prompt households to retrench.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer
sentiment slumped to 54.9 from 63.7 the prior month. The gauge was projected
to decline to 62, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News
survey.
The biggest one-week slump in stocks since 2008 and the threat of def... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 32 With snow scarce, northern US has brown Christmas
December 23, 2011
By JOHN FLESHER
Associated Press
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Dreams of a white Christmas are hanging by a
thread in the North, where unusually mild weather has left the ground bare
in many places — a welcome reprieve for people who don't like shoveling,
but a lump of coal in the stockings of outdoor sports buffs who miss their
winter wonderland.
From New England to the Dakotas and even parts of the Northern Rockies and
Pacific N... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 33 编者按：以下这篇文章由文末所列的16位科学家共同署名：
如何应对“全球气候变暖”或许是当代任何一个民主国家的政治候选人都必须考虑的问
题。有这样一种被人反复提及的说法：几乎所有科学家都要求采取强有力的措施，阻止
全球变暖。但政治候选人应该了解，这种说法是不符合实际情况的。事实上，许多著名
科学家和工程师认为没有必要为抑制全球变暖而大动干戈，而且持这种观点的人数还在
不断增加。
去年9月份，诺贝尔奖得主、物理学家伊瓦尔•贾埃弗(Ivar Giaever)发表了一封
公开信，宣布退出美国物理学会(American Physical Society)，贾埃弗在上次大选中
是奥巴马(Obama)总统的支持者。信的开头这样写道：“我没有延续（我的会员资格）
，因为（美国物理学会政策）声明中的一些说法我不敢苟同。美国物理学会称：‘无可
辩驳的证据表明，全球变暖正在发生。如果不采取行动缓和这一趋势，地球的物理和生
态系统、社会体系、安全和人类健康可能会严重受损。我们必须从现在开始减少温室气
体排放。’美国物理学会可以讨论质子的质量是否会逐渐变化，也可以讨论多重宇宙如
何运行，但全球变暖的... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 34 Why California’s high-speed rail project is an even greater waste of
federal tax dollars.
21 March 2012
The national media have devoted plenty of skeptical attention to California
’s bullet-train boondoggle—from the ballooning cost of the California High
-Speed Rail Authority project to its shoddy management to the baffling
decision to build the first segment in the lightly populated Central Valley.
But the press has yet to focus on a crucial fact: the bullet train isn’t
just some quirky Left Co... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 35 NFP Big Miss: 120K, Expectations 205K, Unemployment 8.2%, "Not In Labor
Force" At New All Time High
Tyler Durden's picture
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/06/2012 08:32 -0400
Unemployment
March NFP big miss at just 120K. Unemployment rate declines from 8.3% to 8.2
%. Futures slide, for at least a few minutes before the NEW QE TM rumor
starts spreading. The household survey actually posted a decline in March
from 142,065 to 142,034. Considering Birth Death added 90K to the NSA number
, the ac... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May, a sign of a sputtering recovery that
may increase pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up the economy.
Nonfarm payrolls grew by a lackluster 69,000 last month, the Labor
Department said Friday, the smallest gain in a year. The unemployment rate,
obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households, ticked higher by one-tenth
of a percentage point to 8.2%, the first increase since June 2011.
"This is what a jobless recovery looks like," said Nomura Securities... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1217 | 37 How can you sure?
Your sucker master Bush can't even forecast financial crisis.
Now , you yellow t-bags can forecast insurance premium going up?
Are you guys crazy? |
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发帖数: 16594 | 38 Many on Wall Street are increasingly convinced that Barack Obama will win
the election.
On the eve of the election, many financial professionals on Wall Street
believe that Mitt Romney has lost the election. In phone conversations,
email and instant messaging exchanges, and text messages with over 20 people
in different jobs on Wall Street today the message I picked up was almost
universal: The president will be re-elected tomorrow.
Many of those with whom I spoke—all of whom spoke on the condit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 by Jammie
They at least massaged it enough so Obama can claim it’s below 8%.
U.S. stock index futures climbed Friday after a better-than-expected
monthly government jobs report, the final report ahead of the presidential
election topped expectations.
Economists polled by Thomson Reuters forecast non-farm payrolls rose by
125,000 in October, an increase on September’s 114,000 gain. The
unemployment rate is seen inching up to 7.9 percent, after falling to 7.8
percent in September. The jobs... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 948 | 40 Did Wall Street Just Give Up on Romney?
Published: Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012 | 3:36 AM ET Text Size
By: John Carney
Senior Editor, CNBC.com
Getty Images
Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Toledo.
Many on Wall Street are increasingly convinced that Barack Obama will win
the election.
On the eve of the election, many financial professionals on Wall Street
believe that Mitt Romney has lost the election. In phone conversations,
email and instant messaging exchanges, and text messages with over 20 people
i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 948 | 41 All smart ones think he will lose.
Did Wall Street Just Give Up on Romney?
Published: Tuesday, 6 Nov 2012 | 3:36 AM ET Text Size
By: John Carney
Senior Editor, CNBC.com
Many on Wall Street are increasingly convinced that Barack Obama will win
the election.
On the eve of the election, many financial professionals on Wall Street
believe that Mitt Romney has lost the election. In phone conversations,
email and instant messaging exchanges, and text messages with over 20 people
in different jobs on W... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 42 Confidence among U.S. consumers declined more than forecast in January,
reaching the lowest level in more than a year as higher payroll taxes took a
bigger bite out of Americans’ paychecks.
Enlarge image
Sales grew to $48 billion from Oct. 28 through Dec. 22. Photographer: David
Paul Morris/Bloomberg
3:15
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Karl Case, co-creator of the S&P/Case-Shiller index
of property values in 20 U.S. cities, talks about the housing market. The S&
P/Case-Shiller index increased 5.5 percen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 43 Beth Belton, USA TODAY9:59a.m. EST March 1, 2013
(Photo: Mark Wilson, Getty Images)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Huge income drop follows 2.6% surge in December
Most of December's income gain came from bonuses, dividends paid before
higher taxes kicked in
Consumer spending up 0.2%, driven by payments on higher heating bills
WASHINGTON (AP) — Personal income growth plunged 3.6% in January, the
biggest one-month drop in 20 years, the Commerce Department said Friday. And
consumer spending rose just 0.2% with m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 The U.S. budget deficit widened in May from a year earlier on a 10 percent
increase in spending, the Treasury Department said.
Outlays exceeded receipts by $138.7 billion last month compared with a $124.
6 billion shortfall in May 2012, the Treasury said today in Washington. The
gap was in line with the $139 billion median estimate in a Bloomberg survey
of 23 economists.
The Congressional Budget Office last week said that spending in May would’
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 While residents across Chicago continue to struggle facing a 10.3 percent
unemployment rate and a median household income of $47,371, according to the
2010 U.S. Census the city of Chicago is paying 2,409 of its employees over
$100,000 per year.
The city’s roughly $2.4 billion payroll includes over 32,000 police,
firefighters, emergency responders, city council (aldermen and their staff),
mayoral staff, water management staff, transportation, budget management,
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 U.S. Economic Growth Slows To a Crawl in First Quarter
Frigid Weather, Weak Exports Curtail Activity
WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy nearly stalled in the first quarter as weakness
overseas hurt exports and frigid weather curtailed business investment.
Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced
across the economy, grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.1% in the
first quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. That matched the
second-weakest quarterly r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10729 | 47 Obama proposes $3.99 trillion budget, setting up a battle with Republicans
Higher taxes on corporations and wealthy Americans expected to be among the
main points of contention.
President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal
year 2016 that sets up a battle with Republicans over programs to boost the
middle class that are funded by higher taxes on corporations and wealthy
Americans.
The budget foresees a $474 billion deficit, which is 2.5 percent of U.S.
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 US economy barely grew in first quarter
April 29, 2015 - 10:05 AM
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy skidded to a near halt in the first
three months of the year, battered by a triple whammy of harsh weather,
plunging exports and sharp cutbacks in oil and gas drilling.
The overall economy grew at a barely discernible annual rate of 0.2 percent
in the January-March quarter, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 3rd Quarter GDPNow Estimate a Weak 0.7% Despite Retail Sales Jump
The Retail Sales Upward Revisions will likely add a couple ticks to second
quarter GDP, but overall growth still remains very weak.
GDP as Reported
1st Quarter: +0.6%
2nd Quarter: +2.3%
The retail sales revisions may add another 0.2% or so to second quarter,
assuming there are no other changes. That's a huge assumption given the
history of revisions in nearly every economic number.
Third Quarter GDPNow Estimate
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 Sweden's Migration Projection Doubles in Three Months (And It Won't Stop
There); No Cash, Just Vouchers (Hah!)
Sweden is feeling migration strain. In the last three months, Sweden's
Migrant Projection Doubled.
This was easily foreseeable by bloggers like me, Dave Stockman, Acting Man,
Zero Hedge etc. Yet, somehow government leaders failed to see this coming.
Sweden will receive as many as 190,000 refugees this year, according to
official estimates, more than double the projected number envis... 阅读全帖 |
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