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发帖数: 901 | 1 A real increase in wealth certainly isn't responsible for the higher
spending… Unemployment is still more than 9%. And the most recent initial
jobless claims came in at 398,000. (That's below the expected 415,000, but
still 398,000 more people without jobs.)
And companies are still announcing large layoffs. Today, the big medical-
device firm Boston Scientific – in addition to announcing good earnings –
said it will layoff 1,400 people. Credit Suisse said it would cut 2,000. And
HSBC announced today it's considering 10,000 cuts. We've noted the massive
financial-sector layoffs before… The big banks see the writing on the wall.
It's going to be much harder to make money without free-flowing credit (as
we've had for the past 30 years). |
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