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244,000 jobs added for month. that was well above the expectations of economists. if you look at the private sector in particular, it's really where all cylinders are firing. 268,000 jobs added in the private sector, and that made up for some job losses in the government sector. now, the bad news in this is the unemployment rate did rise to 9% from 8.8% last month, but again, the markets focusing on that private jobs number growth. savannah, one of my favorite tweets today came from someone who said the nonfarm, non-mcdonald's jobs number is 177,000. they were referring to mcdonald's hiring ov...

With job creation as its top priority. the fed said it's going ahead with plans to buy $600 billion worth of securities by june. it's also keeping a benchmark interest rate down near zero. >> i have nothing against ben bear thank bernanke. alan greenspan gets beaten for two years for keeping interest rates at a low level to artificially raise monetary values and ben bernanke is doing it squared. if alan greenspan destroyed the economy by doing this for ten years, 15 years, why is it we continue it? jeffrey sachs, again -- >> this is the fourth time through this. not just the second time. they ...

Same sized package at the same price. you probably suspected that the bag of chips has more air. you're right. what's happening is that commodities prices have been soaring, but at the same time, americans incomes have gone down by over 8% this decade. companies are just skimming what they sell you and putting it into the same package to fool you. so now instead of a pound of coffee, they sell you 3/4 of a pound, which means you're paying 33% more for the same thing. or the same pack of hebrew national hot dogs has 11 ounces instead of 12. a pack of chicken of the sea salmon now contains 2.6 o...

$1.89 back in the civil war. these are record high commodity prices for cotton. apparel makers have been able to keep prices pretty low for some time. they've moved factories overseas, very low labor costs. now labor costs are rising, cotton prices at a record high, shipping costs are rising. you're going to see everything from shoes, underwear, t-shirts, apparel will likely be moving higher. refrigerators, lg and whirlpool have recently said that they have higher commodities prices, steel, metals, the things they use to make fridges, refrigerators, washers, dryers, those will be moving higher...