tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8623808021375483515..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The US is Experiencing One of its Best Job Gain Streaks in 20 YearsRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70253846849664791492015-03-31T00:20:17.276-04:002015-03-31T00:20:17.276-04:00Of course $ are fungible so any Fed pumping contri...Of course $ are fungible so any Fed pumping contributes to all investment including a credit card charge to buy a new computer as well as fracker capital. Still, good sounding (they need not turn out to be profitable) investments raise capital under even recession and short $ times. The amounts & difficulty vary with circumstances, but the frackers had a good tale to tell and capital would texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573438991085063070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31754228247043102822015-03-29T15:30:01.701-04:002015-03-29T15:30:01.701-04:00Where do you think the money came from to hire fra...Where do you think the money came from to hire frackers?Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68035421683322513662015-03-29T15:01:38.113-04:002015-03-29T15:01:38.113-04:00The Fed is pumping but these employment figures ar...The Fed is pumping but these employment figures are misleading. Most of the employment boom is in Texas due to fracking. If you look at employment since the start of the recession (1/2008) through 2015 for the whole of the US EXCEPT Texas one finds only in Jan, 2015 did employment slightly exceed 1/2008. The frackers are carrying the employment ball. One economists (I don't recall which) saidtexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573438991085063070noreply@blogger.com