Wrong Element
Sentient Onion
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- May 5, 2002
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Some lit wonk should make a data plot of their post frequency versus various economic indicators like the baltic dry index, housing starts, unfilled durable orders etc.
I always know whether the market is up or down on a given day based on whether koalatard posts here around 4 Eastern time.
When people get tired of looking for a job and stop, they are no longer unemployed in the eyes of the government. Presto! unemployment rate comes down! It's like magic!
Of course, the raw number of people with jobs went significantly up last month, but let's not allow the good news to interrupt your theory.
People should enjoy it while they can, since increasing austerity will likely begin accomplishing its goal of negatively impacting the economy by summer.