Economy:
Unemployment at 4-Year Low as U.S. Hiring Gains Steam – New York Times
Forget the Good Jobs Report, Long-Term Unemployment Is Still Terrifying – Atlantic
Unemployment Rate Down As Americans Give Up On Work – Forbes
Immigration cap drags on US manufacturing – Financial Times
Markets:
Wall Street climbs on jobs, S&P up for ninth week out of 10 – Reuters
The Dow Isn’t Really At A Record High (And It Wouldn’t Matter If It Were) – NPR
Investors flock to S&P 500 ETFs as record beckons – MarketWatch
AAA Warns of “Dangerous” Free Market in Parking Spaces – Slate
Politics:
The gap between rich and poor will continue to grow until we give up on QE – Telegraph
Shinzo Abe wakes up to the political risk of higher prices without higher pay – Economist
There Is Good And Bad Austerity, And Italy Chose Bad – Forbes
States Legalizing Pot Race to Define Market’s Regulation – Bloomberg
Banks:
Are Banks Safe Enough? Do we Really Know? Risk Weighting, Regulatory Arbitrage, and other Issues– EconMonitor
