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 Evan comes through with way more than his fair share of Great Wahl content for me. Today is no different. Let me set the stage of today: First, I email him this post from Calculated Risk about the vacant condo problem that is plaguing South Florida because he currently rents a condo in a [...]  I’ve posted this chart periodically over the last year. But it always help to have a little refresher when new jobs reports come out: Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-36,000) in February, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in construction [...]  I always find too many informative political and economic articles to share, so I’ll select a few and throw them all in to one post of important stuff you should read to get your week started: 1. Maybe we shouldn’t be blaming our leaders for not being able to lead: A thought-provoking read from [...]  I’m right way too often. Just this morning, before the jobs report was released, I shared an Op Ed by Paul Krugman and commented about how unemployment was still a gigantic drag on our economy and not getting better any time soon. And later this morning, the Labor Department released their unemployment report for [...]  I have a minor in Economics and majors in Finance and Real Estate, so this chart is right in my wheelhouse. For those less nerdy types, the home price-to-rent ratio is kind of like a stock’s price-to-earnings ratio (still too nerdy for you? I’m out of ideas.). It demonstrates the relative ‘bargain’ of [...] |
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