McDonald’s Accounted For Half Of May’s Job Growth

[dBrong]

Those 25,000 to 30,000 McJobs that Morgan Stanley estimated were the net additions that would amount to half of the jobs added in May.

http://www.disinfo.com/2011/06/mcdon...information%29


Wall St Journal: Double-dip recession is now undeniable

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (MarketWatch) — The evidence of a double-dipping housing market and economy are becoming undeniable, even to those who cling perilously to the notion that government intervention has been a salve instead of a poison

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dou...ble-2011-05-05

[Steve]

There was never any recovery...Only a period of less dramatic loss.

On a good note, I refinanced near the bottom and with the equity in my home and a 4% rate, my mortgage payments are less than what rent would cost. My depression era grandparents taught me many lessons, probably the most important was living with my means.