Saturday, April 4, 2009

Random charts...

Above, chart showing how the number of cloture votes in the U.S. Senate has been climbing, and in fact has skyrocketed since 2007. See Norm Ornstein's observations on this topic at 'Our Broken Senate.'


Above, Bureau of Labor Statistics showing the monthly net change in payroll employment, and that the job loss over the past six months has accellerated significantly For more see Keithhennessey.com's Jobs Day.

Above, chart of CDS spreads on major U.S. financial institutions. The trend is not positive, but would seem to indicate that the market sees default risk increasing. See Will The Real Geithner Plan Please Stand Up? at The Baseline Scenario for discussion...

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