An archetypal first world problem is that we sites have (all?) decided to add two factor authentication (as the earlier first world problem of requiring irritating passwords with capital letters and special! symbols doesn’t work well enough anymore). This didn’t use to be a problem when they offered to send the 6-digit one time code […]
– by New Deal democrat My theme for the past several years as to employment has been “deceleration,” as in a gradual cooldown from white hot to red hot to hot to warm. But at some point past “warm,” we get to lukewarm, and then cool, and then chilly. In other words, if it continues […]
This report is pretty self-explanatory. I will say it anyway. The excess paid to MA plans over and above what is sent by Medicare is enough to wipe out Traditional Medicare Part B premiums. The sum of overpayment was anywhere from $88 billion to $140 billion as suggested on page 2 in the Introduction of […]
This is probably one of those boring commentaries which does not have many exciting issues which catch an Angry Bear reader’s eye. Yes and no to the premise. Just a question though: How is it, the richest nation in the world having one $300+ billionaire and many more billionaires also has so many homeless people […]
Jobless claims still rocked by seasonality; native born unemployment rate of under 4% forecast – by New Deal democrat Due to today’ official Day of Mourning for the late President Jimmy Carter, initial and continuing claims were released yesterday, but since I didn’t cover it then, let’s catch up now on the normal day. It […]
Last year genetically modified mosquitoes were released in Djibouti. The technology is new and the biology is interesting, but I am most interested in the politics. I am late to this story, since it was reported months ago. They released male Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes which bear a female lethal gene — they mated with females […]
1st Look at Local Housing Markets in December – by Bill McBride Calculated Risk Newsletter NOTE: The tables for active listings, new listings and closed sales all include a comparison to December 2019 for each local market (some 2019 data is not available). This is the first look at several early reporting local markets in […]
Economically weighted ISM indexes for December forecast continued expansion – by New Deal democrat We got two significant economic releases this morning. First, let’s take a look at the ISM services index. I’ll examine the November JOLTS report separately. Recall that services are about 75% of the economy. Thus, even if goods production is contracting, […]
November JOLTS report adds to the data showing continued labor market deterioration – by New Deal democrat The second of this morning’s reports was the JOLTS survey for November. Like many other statistics concerning jobs, the JOLTS series have been deceleration for several years. The question now is whether they level off or continue to […]
Your diet doesn’t just feed you, it also feeds the bacteria that live in your gut. And metabolites from these bacteria can influence not only your metabolism but your risk of depression and dementia. How can you cultivate a healthy gut microbiome to maximize the benefits and minimize the harm due to these minute colonists? […]