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Minneapolis, Buffalo, Oklahoma City and Rochester, N.Y., don't have much else in common. But a government report shows they've had the smallest increases in joblessness over the past two years among cities with at least 1 million people. None of the four relies on heavy manufacturing industries, such as autos or steel, which have been hit hard by the downturn.  

T he U.S. is one of a small number of nations with the coveted rating - for now. Moody's Investors Service warned this week that the government's massive debt burden could cost the country its triple-A. Yet the reaction from investors and the public has mostly been a shrug.

The real danger is that Japan or China won't show up with their checkbooks wide open, and then all hell will break loose   -Marilyn Cohen

 

In the U.K., unemployment data showed improvement to continue the wave of upbeat data released recently from the U.K. ILO unemployment for the three months ending January stood at 7.8%, where unemployed people fell by 33,000 to 2.45 million. Jobless claims surprisingly dropped 32.3 thousands to 1.59 million in February, the fastest pace since 1997, from the revised 5.3 thousands. Labor market is ameliorating, where companies are shedding fewer employees after many of them had achieved better-than-expect  

The U.S. is one of a small number of nations with the coveted rating - for now. Moody's Investors Service warned this week that the government's massive debt burden could cost the country its triple-A. Yet the reaction from investors and the public has mostly been a shrug.  

 

Chairman & CEO of Moody's Corp. (MCO) Raymond W Mcdaniel sells 100,000 shares of MCO on 03/18/2010 at an average price of $29 a share. Moody's Corp. has a market cap of $7.03 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.66 with a P/E ratio of 17.5 and P/S ratio of 3.9. The dividend yield of Moody's Corp. stocks is 1.5%. MCO is in the portfolios of Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, Chris Davis of Davis Selected Advisers, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC, Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc, Ji  

COPPELL, Texas--( BUSINESS WIRE )--American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. (the "Company"), has been in discussions with Moody's with respect to the Company's servicing advance receivables securitization, known as Series 2009-ADV2, of $125 million of Class A-1 Term Notes and $100 million of Variable Funding Notes issued by AH Mortgage Advance Trust 2009-ADV2. The Company is currently taking actions to address the agency's concerns regarding the aged reconciliation items in the custodial bank accounts of the  

Moody's Investors Service changed its ratings outlook on Atmos Energy Corp. to "positive" from "stable" on Friday, citing the natural gas company's rate increases. The long-term "Baa2" senior unsecured rating was affirmed for the Dallas-based company. In a note to investors, Moody's analyst Mihoko Manabe wrote that rate increases have helped Atmos deliver stronger results in the past year.  

It should be pretty clear that I'm bearish on the bond market. The massive budget deficits and debts we're racking up should hammer Treasury prices. So should the steadily growing concern about the credit quality of sovereign debts.  

This post is partly a follow on to Ardell's earlier New Bottom Call post and comments on where our greater Seattle / Bellevue area home prices might go over the next few years. , The question usually comes from someone who wants to sell, but is having a hard time dealing with the fact that the value of their home is down about 20% from the peak in summer 2007 – especially if that is when they bought it. The next most common person asking the question is a buyer who is trying to decide if he or she is