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1 posted on 07/03/2009 4:25:13 PM PDT by FromLori
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To: FromLori

“Hey, Look, The Stress Tests Really Weren’t Stressful Enough”

No. Really? You mean no one figured that it was a facade to take credit for bogus BS in the first place?


2 posted on 07/03/2009 4:44:23 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: FromLori

“Supporting the basic economic principle that one doesn’t buy discretionary goods when one doesn’t have a job, the absolute performance of the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary index decreases when jobless claims increase.”

Yeah! What he said! (one of the other stories on your link about jobs) Like I said, the “frippery slope”

We have had a consumer economy for 20-30 years at least instead of a sustainable economy. IMHO. Things have been getting to where they are now for a lot longer than anybody thinks.

parsy, who if he is right means we are in for big changes in the US.


3 posted on 07/03/2009 4:55:20 PM PDT by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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