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Robert Half International Inc. (RHI)

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  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    This is not about right or wrong, but the trend of job loss or growth. Everything is pointing to a decrease in job loss. Companies have... More »
    Comment by Raider_Luke
    Dec 7 22:42 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    Interesting Never dug into the background of ISM that closely like the federal government stuff. But I have been around a lot of... More »
    Comment by TraderMark
    Dec 7 21:28 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    Mark, Mark, Mark... You state, "...hence an ISM report is closer to producers than government..." maybe once upon a time. I spent... More »
    Comment by TeresaE
    Dec 7 21:01 pm |
    Rating: +4 -1
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    ben bernanke works for the bank for international settlements. (www.bis.org) as do all the other central bank chairmen that are owned by... More »
    Comment by michael rothschild
    Dec 7 18:27 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    careful with talk like that, you might be drafted into US federal government for a bevy of "great ideas" :) On Dec 07 11:21 AM... More »
    Comment by TraderMark
    Dec 7 11:41 am |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    You must of missed the "off by 100% or greater" situation that happened in mid 2008. The BLS estimates how many jobs are created by... More »
    Comment by TraderMark
    Dec 7 11:38 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    ADP has generally been bad, but they made some changes in the past 6 months which supposedly is making it more accurate. I think they... More »
    Comment by TraderMark
    Dec 7 11:35 am |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    So are you implying building economic models that are often wrong by 20-100%+ is not a skilled job? I am sure the BLS would disagree... More »
    Comment by TraderMark
    Dec 7 11:30 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    The next shot in the locker of the US Government to 'prove' that the 'recovery' continues will likely be stolen from the UK playbook in... More »
    Comment by Davewmart
    Dec 7 11:21 am |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    Whether or not BLS is wrong, depends on its objective. There is certainly a lot of pressure there to "show" good numbers: 1)... More »
    Comment by Mr. Big
    Dec 7 10:45 am |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    I am wondering how BLS could be wrong by 50% in both September and October and what suddenly changed in November to make them see the... More »
    Comment by inthemoney
    Dec 7 10:16 am |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    There is a great rule: "The first response is the wrong response." The rule applies here. "But the stock market, with the attention... More »
    Comment by thotdoc
    Dec 7 10:05 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    To the point Carlos Lam and User 353732 has previously made: Long-term unemployment causes a degradation of work skills and destruction... More »
    Comment by Leftfield
    Dec 7 09:08 am |
    Rating: +5 -2
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    Thx, Mark. To extend one of the themes in your post, it would be interesting to see a table comparing the various employment reports... More »
    Comment by berated
    Dec 7 07:27 am |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Government Payroll Data Is Good, TrimTabs Begs to Differ [View article]
    Of course the BLS figures are way off. Their methods are archaic and inaccurate. One data point that should concern us all is the... More »
    Comment by Carlos Lam
    Dec 7 06:16 am |
    Rating: +5 0