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’Americans on food aid
Posted by Paul Murphy on Jul 03 08:47. Comment.Chart of the day – numbers of US citizens, in desperate financial circumstances, receiving food stamps.
Hat tip to John Kemp of Sempra metals, who notes that the number of individuals claiming help from federal-government supported state food programmes climbed by another 220,000 in Mar 2008 and is now 1.5m higher than in the same month last year. More…
America-goes-green shock
Posted by Paul Murphy on Feb 22 09:27. Comment.Ok, the thing to focus on here is the short, bright red line to the left of the chart – for 2008, heading down from +4 per cent to -4 per cent, in little more than a month.
The data comes from FT Alphaville’s favourite chartist, More…
One for the copper conspiracists
Posted by Paul Murphy on Dec 14 10:18. Comment.Odd market, copper. Despite being pretty abundant (or at least boasting a multiplicity of uses) the price tends to bounce around like an illiquid penny stock.
What’s more, the market in copper is prone to scandal – witness the great Sumitomo affair a decade ago, More…
Sell bankers, brokers and other financial bods: ‘Happy Xmas,’ from Sempra Metals
Posted by Paul Murphy on Dec 13 10:31. Comment.Ok, these charts are as scary for us as the probably are for you. They come from Sempra Metals’ endlessly-creative John Kemp, who reckons that the surge in employment in the financial services industry has all the characteristics of a bubble. More…