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Companies' Stock Buybacks at Biggest Pace Since 2007; Companies Rewarding Investors?

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billion of stock in the first half of the year, the most for any six-month period since 2007, according to research firm Birinyi Associates. Companies bought back the most shares in 2007, right before the crash, and the least shares at the most opportune time in 2009. Corporations bought back $338.3

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Stock Buybacks Peaked With Stock Market in 2007: History About to Repeat?

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Interestingly, the peak in buybacks was also the peak in the US stock market in 2007.) - Revenues are closely linked to nominal GDP, and our US leading indicator sees this as lacklustre at best going forward. But buybacks are waning; the chart below shows a 27% decline in buybacks between 1Q14 and 2Q14. YoY it is down 1.6%.

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Deep Subprime Auto Loan Delinquencies Reach 2007 Levels: The Next Big Short?

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Subprime auto delinquencies have staked up so much that we are back at 2007 milestone levels. more…).

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US Household Debt Climbs by Most Since 2007, Mortgage Debt Leads the Way; Annually Student Debt and Autos Lead the Way

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Aggregate consumer debt increased in the fourth quarter by $241 billion, the largest quarter to quarter increase seen since the third quarter of 2007. The New York Fed quarterly report on Household Debt and Credit shows that is what happened. As of December 31, 2013, total consumer indebtedness was $11. 52 trillion, up by 2.1%

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An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013

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An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013; Full-Time Employment Down Over 5 Million Since 2007. million below the 2007 level. million below the 2007 level in spite of 13 million more people of working age. An Analysis of July Employment Numbers 1955 to 2013; Full-Time Employment Down Over 5 Million Since 2007.

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Revealing Look at Hours Worked and the Number of Employees Working Those Hours

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The data only goes back to 2007 so let''s also take a look at hours worked by production and monsupervisory employees. Employed, Usually Work Full Time In November of 2007, there were 121,875,000 full time employees. Fulltime employment is 2,588,000 below the 2007 peak. Now there are 119,287,000.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Trends in Full and Part.

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The full-time job loss since June of 2007 now tops five million. The overall job loss is still 2 million, in spite of the fact the US now has a working-age population that is 14 million higher than in June 2007.". Snapshot 2007 vs. 2013. 2007 146,958,000 123,554,000 23,404,000. 2007 146,958,000 123,554,000 23,404,000.

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