Initial and continuing claims: the most “less awful” so far This Thursday morning’s initial and continued jobless claims continue the trend of “less awful” numbers that resumed last week. New…

…bruised egos of disappointed stock investors.” In Shiller’s view, economics is more than just numbers; it is also about emotion and psychology. Therefore, according to Shiller, the bubble will break…

…Max Sawicky notes that they look like ginned-up large numbers unless put in the context of the present value of future GDP over the same horizon. And Bruce does close…

…days, the numbers of cases and deaths per million respectively are: ME 14 / .531 NH 16 / .946 VT 11 / HI 22 / .303 Note that Hawaii’s case…

…have been released on a single day. In the past 2 weeks, both NJ and NY’s such releases had skewed the numbers. As of today, both are out of the…

…have been released on a single day. In the past 2 weeks, both NJ and NY’s such releases had skewed the numbers. As of today, both are out of the…

…to expand Medicaid during the Covid pandemic. Oklahoma has the second-highest uninsured rate in the country following up Texas who is #1 in both uninsured and the numbers of new…

…huge real numbers: Figure 1 There were 1.457 million new claims, only 6,000 less than one week ago. After seasonal adjustment, this became 1.480 million, “only” 60,000 less than last…

…than a trivial effect on the huge real numbers: There were 1.433 million new claims, which after the seasonal adjustment became 1.508 million. This is “only” 58,000 less than last…

…off. The answer is now fairly clear. Indeed lots of layoffs are happening and probably will for some time to come. But, not only have those numbers been falling, but…