The Monster Employment Index for the U.S. was released today, and showed a positive annual gain of 7% in May, marking the 16th straight month of a year-over-year gain for online job demand. Other highlights include: 1. 14 of the … read more >

Jugglebox provides eco-friendly reusable plastic moving boxes for residential, commercial and college moving needs throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.  The two-week rental charges range from $99 to rent 25 large boxes and packing materials to move a studio apartment, up to … read more >

A new commentary from Brian Wesbury and First Trust Advisors titled “Economic Rapture?” “While the economy could be doing better, real GDP has expanded for seven straight quarters – we’re now in the eighth. Corporate profits are at a record; … read more >

The New York Federal Reserve recently updated its “Probability of U.S. Recession Predicted by Treasury Spread” with treasury yield data through May 2011, and the Fed’s recession probability forecast through May 2012. The NY Fed’s Treasury model uses the spread … read more >

Less than 46% of each barrel of crude oil gets processed into “finished motor gasoline” according to the EIA. So what gets produced from the other 54% of each barrel of crude oil?   You can find the details here, … read more >

The charts above show how the current economic expansion compares to the last two expansions (following the 1990-1991 and 2001 recessions) in terms of: a) employment (nonfarm payroll) recovery (top chart), and b) output (real GDP) recovery (bottom chart), from … read more >