[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', 'T')hey will keep this rate for a few months, maybe a year more. Europe is in even bigger mess than US and this will reflect on French rating pretty soon.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'I')'ve learned something here -- the ratings agencies are more concerned about political stability.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '
')If you follow the news, sometimes you learn something. I've learned something here -- the ratings agencies are more concerned about political stability. Notice S&P never mentioned quantitative easing -- one would think they should, devaluation of a bond is at least as bad as a late payment no? One would think, but no.. S&P wants to see political stability, all their AAA countries are nations that are willing to tax their rich.

[prajeshbhat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')If you follow the news, sometimes you learn something. I've learned something here -- the ratings agencies are more concerned about political stability. Notice S&P never mentioned quantitative easing -- one would think they should, devaluation of a bond is at least as bad as a late payment no? One would think, but no.. S&P wants to see political stability, all their AAA countries are nations that are willing to tax their rich.

[Timo]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('prajeshbhat', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')If you follow the news, sometimes you learn something. I've learned something here -- the ratings agencies are more concerned about political stability. Notice S&P never mentioned quantitative easing -- one would think they should, devaluation of a bond is at least as bad as a late payment no? One would think, but no.. S&P wants to see political stability, all their AAA countries are nations that are willing to tax their rich.

[Keith_McClary]

The dollar index is up 0.20% from open.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he USD Index measures the performance of the US Dollar against a basket of currencies: EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHF and SEK

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'Y')our error is you somehow believe that the government's job is to create jobs.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', 'T')he dollar index is up 0.20% from open.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he USD Index measures the performance of the US Dollar against a basket of currencies: EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHF and SEK

[Sixstrings]

Obama speaks:

"It's all the Tea Party's fault." (paraphrase)

"But that's not to say there's not a problem." (direct quote)

"We're still a AAA country no matter what some ratings agency says." (direct quote)

"The good news is, we know what the solution is." (but I didn't hear the solution.. wtf? ? ?)

"Oh, and we lost a lot of troops the other day." (paraphrase)

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'O')bama speaks: "It's all the Tea Party's fault." (paraphrase) ... "Oh, and we lost a lot of troops the other day." (paraphrase)

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kiwichick', 'c')og

i don't think anyone would accuse you of having vision

[Cog]

Dup post

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'Y')our error is you somehow believe that the government's job is to create jobs.

[rockdoc123]

There was an interesting article on Bloomberg today that has me wondering the question....of the unemployed how many are actually capable of getting jobs (I suppose there are only so many openings at Mcdonalds?). If the following article is true is a better use of stimulus to provide appropriate job training?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-07/employers-ready-to-hire-in-u-s-can-t-find-qualified-workers-among-jobless.html

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')ill Begal says he has spent almost $2,000 since March on help-wanted ads in newspapers, websites, and state employment services up and down the East Coast to find sales and administrative staff for his Rockville, Maryland-based disaster-cleanup company.
“I want people to come out and work for me,” said Begal, 42, whose teams responded to hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, which struck New Orleans and Florida in 2005. “Where are they? I just don’t see it.”
Behind the highest unemployment levels in more than a quarter century is an unexpected twist: Employers like Begal and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) are having a difficult time filling some positions, even as 13.9 million Americans remain without work. The problem is especially acute in pockets such as Washington, D.C., and North Dakota, which bucked the worst of the 18-month recession that ended June 2009, and in industries such as technology where competition for recruits remains high.
“It’s a very much across-the-board phenomena,” said Jeffrey Joerres, president and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup, the world’s second-largest provider of temporary workers behind Glattbrugg, Switzerland- based Adecco SA. (ADEN)“Companies are all feeling the pressure of not finding the level of talent their businesses require,” from “entry-level service positions” to “high-end engineers.”

[nobodypanic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', ' ') the government to borrow this time to hire people until the private sector heats up?

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', 'I')f the following article is true is a better use of stimulus to provide appropriate job training?

[americandream]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', 'I')f the following article is true is a better use of stimulus to provide appropriate job training?

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', '
')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'Y')ou just don't get it. Those private jobs aren't coming back. If you think our current economic difficulties are just another recession, you are beyond educating.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', 'T')here was an interesting article on Bloomberg today that has me wondering the question....of the unemployed how many are actually capable of getting jobs (I suppose there are only so many openings at Mcdonalds?). If the following article is true is a better use of stimulus to provide appropriate job training?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-07/employers-ready-to-hire-in-u-s-can-t-find-qualified-workers-among-jobless.html
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')ill Begal says he has spent almost $2,000 since March on help-wanted ads in newspapers, websites, and state employment services up and down the East Coast to find sales and administrative staff for his Rockville, Maryland-based disaster-cleanup company.
“I want people to come out and work for me,” said Begal, 42, whose teams responded to hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, which struck New Orleans and Florida in 2005. “Where are they? I just don’t see it.”

[PrestonSturges]

Every hour the GOP is doubling down on their demands and swearing that they will rain down chaos for the next 14 months.

Why isn't the market responding well to that?