Friday, February 2nd, 2007
December was a good month for the printing industry, with current dollar shipments up +$534 million, or +6.6%. November's shipments were revised up by +$43 million as well. The strong close to the year meant that the industry was up almost +$1.6 billion compared to 2005, an increase of +1.7%, ...Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
I was expecting GDP to be no more than +3%. The official press release is online. GDP for 2006 was 3.4%. In perspective, it was 3.2% in 2005, and 3.9% for 2004. The Fed meets today and they have two things to look at. First, Q4 was stronger than anticipated, holding ...Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
An outrageously misleading headline came out last week, and of course, it was picked up by numerous print and broadcast media. It was about media industry layoffs. "Planned media job cuts up 88 pct in 2006" it said, which reporters picked up because 1) it was about them, and 2) ...
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