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ADP Employment Report Jumps Most In 5 Months After Trump Win

ADP Employment Report Jumps Most In 5 Months After Trump Win

Following October's disappointment (+147k), November's ADP employment printed a much better than expected 216k (over 170k exp), thanks to a notable downward revision to October to 119k. Goods-producing jobs dropped once again (-11k) with a renewed surge in services employment (+228k). While this November post-Trump spike is noteworthy (highest in 5 months), there continues to be a medium-term trend of weakening job growth in America.

A good post-trump spike, but the 24-month trend continues to deteriorate:

 

Spot the odd one out...

NATO's Rear-Guard Actions

Submitted by Brian Cloughley via Strategic-Culture.org,

In the military a rearguard action is defined as ‘a defensive action carried out by a retreating army’ and it is an appropriate description of the desperate scrabbling by NATO to convince the rest of the world — and especially Donald Trump — that its existence is justified.

Judging By Their Stock Markets, The Economies Of These Two Nations Must Be Doing Great

Judging By Their Stock Markets, The Economies Of These Two Nations Must Be Doing Great

As the public is told day after day by mainstream media, if stock prices are up in America, it is an indication that all is well in the economy... consumers can consume, investors can invest, and producers can produce as confident citizens gorge on ever more credit (because everything is awesome). So we wonder what the 'CNBC' of these two countries would be saying about their stock markets' massive outperformance...

Venezuela's "economy" must be roaring?

 

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