Category Archives: U.S. Economy

(March 13, 2008) – In the week ending March 8, the Department of Labor released this morning in their Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 353,000, unchanged from the previous week’s revised … Continue reading →

As reported in this Bloomberg News story, the five-year TIPS (the Treasury Inflation-Protected Security due in 2012) yield has been negative since Feb. 29, and traded today at minus 0.17 percent. The notes, which were first sold in 1997, have … Continue reading →