Daily Topics - Tuesday June 30th, 2015
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#2
Forbes Article on Brazil from 2013
To be clear, this was 2 years after Tariffs were imposed
In Brazil, Strong Labor Market, Weak Economy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2013/05/03/in-brazil-strong-labor-...
Notable Quotes:
-The actual economy on the ground is doing quite well. People are getting richer. Lower income earners making minimum wage are watching their paychecks rise by 10% or more. Unemployment is a record low, around 5.5%.
-The continued tightness of Brazil’s labor market in the face of persistently slow growth has become one of the key puzzles in assessing the economy. Despite growth falling from an average of 4.1% between 2008 and 2010 to 2.2% between 2011 and 2013, the unemployment rate has continued to fall.
-Changes in trade, Brazil’s shift to an even bigger consumer society than before, with more jobs available for entry- and mid-level professional and retail service jobs, plus more young people sticking it out in college for higher pay down the road has created a super tight labor market in Brazil.
-For now, Brazil’s labor market will continue to look nothing like the dismal GDP numbers and its boring Bovespa counterpart. If you could trade in Brazil’s job market instead of equities, you might be better off. This is the one aspect of Brazil’s economy that investors can count on to remain solid for years to come.
#3
It has been a long term Republican strategy to fill the federal judiciary with disturbingly conservative judges. With control of the Senate, the Republican majority continues to try to keep vacancies unfilled until Obama leaves office. (Despite the rule change re filibuster of nominees.) The President has said little about this usurpation of his presidential function but to allow a further march to the right by the judiciary does not bode well for the prospect of a return to our nation's former democratic function. This issue needs emphasis or the cons will run out the clock on us.
#4
Ckrob, the system of advice and consent should be changed to deal with the Senate refusing to do its job. If the senate doesn't vote on a nominee within a certain amount of time, say 4 weeks, that nominee should get into office automatically as if they were a recess appointment.
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