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1) The consensus is for a headline payroll number of minus 90,000 and for the unemployment rate to increase to 9.6% in August from 9.5% in July.Goldman Sachs is forecasting a minus 125,000 headline payroll number, with no change in private employment a…
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Realtors, Builders oppose another Housing Tax Credit
A couple of quotes from Kathleen Pender at the San Francisco Chronicle: Little support for new home-buyer tax credit”We are not advocating another one. We think it’s important for the market to have time to recover on its own,” says Walter Molony, spok…
Hotel Occupancy Rate: Just below 2008 Levels
Hotel occupancy is one of several industry specific indicators I follow …From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: Chain scales report weekly increases Overall, the industry’s occupancy increased 10.6% to 60.1%, ADR rose 2.4% to US$96.50, and revenue per availa…
FCC’s Neutrality Regulation Express Sidetracked
The FCC’s plans for regulating the Internet through “neutrality” regulation—once considered on a fast track—was sidetracked once again yesterday as the agency announced a new round of public comments on possible regulation. It is one more twist in the drama that net neutrality has become, at least for those who see administrative procedure as exciting.
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