The “D” word, again

  • This morning’s jobs number was about what I expected for next month.  As I had written earlier this morning the December number was going to be a shock.  Now, the November number has supplied this numbing.

  • This kind of unemployment suggests that this quarter’s GDP could be twice as bad as current consensus estimates of -4%. Twice as bad.

  • Watch for Fed action of some kind today.  And watch for the auto bail out to breeze through.