Trefis: Highlights Week Ending 06 September 2013
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Below is a summary of the activity at Trefis during the past week that Trefis thoughtEconintersect readers would find interesting.
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What We Read Today 07 September 2013
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The top of today's reading list reports on easing of guidelines for getting a new mortgage after foreclosure........ and the last article says the Federal Reserve has devastated three generations of retirees.
The Shadow Labor Supply and Its Implications for the Unemployment Rate
By Troy Davig and Jose Mustre-del-Rio - Economic Review 3Q2013, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In the wake of the Great Recession, with more Americans unemployed than at any other time in the last quarter-century, millions of workers stopped seeking work. The crisis saw a sharp rise in the number of people who, in response to surveys, indicated they wanted a job but were not actively seeking one. As long as these individuals are not actively seeking work, they are not considered part of the labor force and are not counted as unemployed in official government statistics such as the unemployment rate. The group continued to swell through the first few years of the economic recovery and, by early 2013, numbered some 6.7 million-nearly 2 million more than before the crisis. Residing on the periphery of the labor market, this group may be viewed as a 'shadow labor supply.'
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Malala Yousafzai Announces Malala Fund to Support Girls' Access to Education
Malala Yousafzai speaks for the first time since targeted and shot in October 2012 for her advocacy on behalf of girls' education. Malala just announced MalalaFund.org, which supports the right to education for children across the world.
America's Love Affair With Cars Returns?
Written by Steven Hansen
Looking at the vehicle sales, at first glance it seems they have evolved from disastrous to almost fully recovering pre-recession levels.
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Will Amazon Destroy the Smartphone Market?
Econintersect: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) may fire a shot in the smartphone wars that will no be a warning, but a killing shot. A former Wall Street Journal editor, Jessica E. Lessin, who has broken many top media and technology stories, has an exclusive on her own website Friday 06 September 2013. Lessin says that Amazon will make a move that could cripple all other smartphone providers: The company will give away it's new smartphones. Others sell competitive products for hundreds of dollars.
Infographic of the Day: The Complete Guide to Color
This infographic guide to colour psychology covers the theory behind cultural meanings, connotations and real-life usage.
Strongest Initial Claims Data Since Before Crash Gives Fed Excuse To Taper
by Lee Adler, Wall Street Examiner
Today's initial jobless claims release is another piece of evidence that Friday's jobs data should beat the consensus giving the Fed an excuse to announce The Taper on September 18.
Initial claims for unemployment compensation declined at an annual rate of 12.7% last week, which was faster than the previous week's 10.9% rate and the strongest in the past 4 weeks. It was also significantly better than the average year to year gain of 7.9% for each week over the past two years.
The Labor Department reported that in the week ending August 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjustedinitial claims was 323,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 332,000. The 4-week moving average was 328,500, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week's revised average of 331,500(was 331,000).
Bernanke's Scam
Econintersect: Is the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board preparing for a career in international finance after his term ends? We have obtained a highly confidential email that gives a hint at a possible career in international financial intermediation services. The chairman's second four-year term ends on January 31, 2014. He is scheduled to remain a board member until January 31, 2020. But, based on the email in our possession, Bernanke may be planning to resign the Board seat to pursue interests in the private sector.
Edward Jones: Investors in the Dark about Effects of Interest Rates
Econintersect: A survey of 1,008 American investors in July by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of investment broker Edward Jones has some sobering results. More than 60% of investors don't know how rising interest rates will impact investment portfolios. Apparently some are uncertain rather than totally in the dark because only 24% confessed to that latter condition.
NATO Support Diminishes as Syria Strike Looms
by Felix Richter, Statista.com
As the United States and several key allies, primarily NATO members, debate the merits of a strike on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been challenging the alliance to provide hard evidence of a chemical attack carried out by Assad's regime.
Generally in Russia, NATO favourability has declined drastically over the past three years. Back in 2010, 40 percent of Russians held a positive view of NATO. By 2013, this had fallen to just 27 percent.
