Tom Abate writes in the San Francisco Chronicle: In economic woes, firms count on temp workers A surge in temporary employment was one of the encouraging aspects of a Labor Department report issued Friday. Click on graph for larger image.
We've looked at this resource from Google before: Domestic Trends. Google is tracking search trends for several specific sectors of the economy.
Jim asks: "Wouldn't it be something if the builders end up beating the banks to the buyers? The banks are satisfied to drip them out - so the builders end up flooding the market and soak up all the buyers."
From HousingWire: Moody’s Links Option ARM, Subprime Performance
While we wait for the FDIC ... a couple of market graphs:
Here are a few more graphs based on the employment report ...
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. 
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The week will start with questions about Dubai, and a Treasury announcement on Monday about a plan to put pressure on lenders to complete modifications. 
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Jim shows a property and interviews the investor. The investor recently bought the property for $590,000 on the court house steps, and sold it fairly quickly for $685,000.
Here is more on the "distressing gap" between existing and new home sales.
From the American Trucking Association: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Dipped 0.2 Percent in October
So much data, so little time ... just catching up. This was released earlier today:
From the 
Happy Thanksgiving! Make sure to check out the previous post on Dubai.
The Census Bureau 
