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Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
The State of Global Economics with Geoff Colvin
Thursday, November 1st, 2012Fortune Editor and columnist Geoff Colvin delivers fresh insights on what lies ahead in France’s economy and the situation in Europe.
“Stepping Away From the Herd” by Karl Mecklenburg, Leadership & Motivational Speaker
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Before I attended and spoke at the Global Speaker’s Summit in Cape Town South Africa, my family and I took a photo safari at Zulu Nyala. Zulu Nyala is a small but wonderful game reserve in the Kwa Zulu Natal Province of South Africa. Because of Zulu Nyala’s relatively small size there are no resident big cats on the reserve so the antelope, zebra, warthogs, wildebeest and Cape buffalo are plentiful and unafraid.
Jeff Thredgold | A Good Jobs Report from Economic Speaker
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
After three years of essentially lousy employment reports, the January 2012 report was simply better. Job growth exceeded expectations…it occurred in almost every employment classification…hours worked in various sectors rose…and the unemployment rate ticked down for the fifth month in a row.
The U.S. economy added an estimated 243,000 net new jobs during January. In addition, previously estimated job gains of the two prior months were revised higher by 60,000 jobs.
The nation’s unemployment rate declined again to 8.3% in January—the lowest in nearly three years—from 8.5% in December. The current 8.3% jobless rate compares to the 9.1% rate of one year ago, the 9.7% rate of January 2010, and the 7.8% rate during January 2009.
Please note that the consensus forecast of economists was for a rise of roughly 135,000 net new jobs in January, with the unemployment rate staying at 8.5% or moving higher to 8.6%……just shows you what we know…(ouch)