Friday, June 24, 2011

"Unexpectedly" Compilation Redux

A reader calling himself JB did a great job chronologically sorting out the headlines.  (Here's the original). He did such a good job, I figured that it had to be it's own article.  So once again, "Our Media Watchdogs" at work:

"Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly fell in December," from Bloomberg Businessweek, January 3, 2011


US jobs growth lower than expected, from RTE, January 7, 2011


Economy created fewer jobs than expected, from American Public Media, January 2011

Construction Spending in U.S. Unexpectedly Fell to Decade Low, from Bloomberg, from February 1, 2011

Job growth slower than expected in January, from Reuters, February 4, 2011

US Q4 growth unexpectedly revised down, from EuroNews, February 25, 2011

Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected, from Industry Week, March 10, 2011

US home sales fall more than expected, from the Financial Times, March 21, 2011

U.S. Factory Orders Drop Unexpectedly, from Industry Week, March 24, 2011


Orders for Manufactured Goods Fall Unexpectedly, from the New York Times, March 24, 2011


"Initial Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly," from Reuters, April 28, 2011

Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise to Three-Month High, from Money News, April 28, 2011

US GDP Growth Slows More Than Expected, from Sky News, April 28, 2011

"Unexpectedly weak economic data," from Economics Newspaper, from April 2011

U.S. private employers added fewer jobs than expected in April, from Reuters, May 4, 2011


U.S. Economy: Previously Owned Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall, from Bloomberg Businessweek, May 19, 2011

US Q1 corporate profits drop unexpectedly, from Business Speculator, May 26, 2011


Economy cools more than expected, rattling stock market, from the Christian Science Monitor, June 1, 2011

U.S. Adds Far Fewer Jobs Than Expected in May, from National Journal, June 1, 2011




And this quote was in Yahoo's front-page article today:

"At the conclusion of a two-day policy meeting, the central bank said that while the recovery is continuing at a moderate pace, growth is somewhat slower than expected. It also said the jobs market is "weaker than anticipated.""


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4 comments:

  1. JB = Joe Black. He will be the guy.

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  2. Actually, it was someone whose name I know, but I used JB because I wasn't sure if they wanted their name used. But it wasn't Joe Black

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  3. During the George W. Bush years, it was always good economic news that was unexpected.

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  4. IF a Republican wins in 2012, and if the economy turns around, I can garendamntee that all you will hear is crickets.

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