…when filling out government forms.) In 2010, of the 16 million E-verify queries by employers, 128,000 (0.8 percent of the total) required the employee to go to SSA or call…

…of retail sales slowed to 0.27% (from a peak of 1.09% in October 2010), while that of real retail sales fell 0.11% over the month (raw data here). Lower gas…

…expenditures hold a large 71% share of 2010 US GDP. Therefore, holding the US consumer share constant, US consumption is expected to be 15% of the global economy on average…

…of 2010. It fell to 1.761 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2010, and 1.813 trillion in the first quarter of 2011. We won’t know for a while what happened…

…months ending in July 2010 to 7.5% in the 12 months ending March 2, 2011. Why is health care inflation decelerating? In the commercial sector, the recession no doubt plays…

…here. Greece missed its 2010 budget deficit target by near 1%, 9.6% of GDP projected (see .pdf page 45) vs. 10.5% actual (see Eurostat release, .pdf). The 2011 target is…

…say ironically because Greece was exporting a larger share of GDP before the recession, average 22.6% spanning 2005-2007, than it is now, 19.8% in 2010 (average Q1-Q3). (2) The banking…

…from tuition, home owners equivalent rent and new car prices. In the first quarter of 2011 the NSA core CPI rose 0.852% as compared to 0.469% in 2010. This is…

…the Covered Bond Purchase program, amount to just 1.4% of 2010 Eurozone GDP. In stark contrast, the size of the Fed’s program broke 16% (and is rising) and the Bank…

…regulate corporate campaign contributions are unconstitutional. Citizens United was decided on January 2, 2010 and was one of the earliest cases the Court decided in its 2009-2010 term. The Court’s…