Japan export 12% of GDP

US only 6%

in reference to: Yen Rises to 8-Month High on Speculation Japan Won’t Intervene - Bloomberg.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Lots of (good?) fund statistics here for free

According to its data, total money market fund
1. Curent (09/23/2009) : 3.482T

Context:
1. Market high vs low
* 01/14/2009: 3.920T
* 03/11/2009: 3.904T

Remember the "cash-on-the-side-line falacy"

in reference to: ICI (view on Google Sidewiki)

#unemployed per job openings

1. 2.4M full-time permanent jobs were open
2. 14.5M people officially unemployed
3. Ratio = 14.5/2.4 = 6.04
4. Unemployment (U3): 9.7%

Context:
1. Ratio highest since the government began tracking open positions in 2000
2. 2001 recession worst: 2:1
3. Early 2009: 4:1

**Job opening decline since the end of 2008
1. 47% manufacturing
2. 37% in construction (large drop should have happened already by the end of 2008)
3. 22% retail
4. 21% in education and health services
5. 17% in government

Job opening decline since Dec 2007 (begining of this recession)
1 .45 percent in the West and the South
2. 36 percent in the Midwest
3. 23 percent in the Northeast.

in reference to:

"Linux"
- Read it here 1st: Truest Picture of Excess Labor Supply | The Big Picture (view on Google Sidewiki)