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[IP] Roach on jobs "struggling as never before"





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From: Barry Ritholtz <ritholtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 9, 2006 10:44:30 AM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Roach on jobs "struggling as never before"

Hey Dave,

It s not just jobs, but pretty much every data point coming out of BLS and BEA. The headlines all look pretty decent, but that is belied by the data beneath. I discussed this extensively last year on RealMoney (Subscription only).

The two columns have been moved to the free site:

        The Unpleasant Truth About Inflation
        10/23/2005 10:27 AM EDT
        http://www.thestreet.com/_tscs/comment/barryritholtz/10248963.html

        Rethinking the 'Strong Jobs Recovery' Scenario
        12/21/2005 7:09 AM EST
        http://www.thestreet.com/_tscs/markets/economics/10258387.html


Regards,



Barry L. Ritholtz
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http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments




On Jan 9, 2006, at 9:55 AM, David Farber wrote:

Begin forwarded message:

From: Peter Jones <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 9, 2006 9:52:55 AM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Roach on jobs "struggling as never before"
Reply-To: peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dave - For IP, if you like. Stephen Roach's Morgan Stanley column, always worth reading to start your week on a cheerful note, for today:

http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/20060109-mon.html

America’s once mighty job machine is struggling as never before. The combination of subpar job creation and real wage stagnation puts extraordinary pressure on the income-generating capacity of the world’s most aggressive consumer. Of course, you’d never know that from the spin that followed the release of the latest monthly labor market surveys of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. From Washington to Wall Street, the verdict was nearly unanimous -- all is fine on the US labor market front. Nothing could be further from the truth.




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