We're not linking up the articles tonight mostly because I'm beat and the whole thing pretty much just makes you want to weep anyway.
Online help wanted advertising fell off a cliff in July.
OECD=Organization for Economic Cooperation.
United States Federal Government Expenditures for 2011 and 2012
HHS=Health and Human Services=Medicare/Medicaid.
SSA=Social Security Administration.
Treasury=Interest on the National Debt ... mostly.
NAPM=National Association of Purchasing Managers.
Fewer rigs means the Nat Gas supply glut is mostly over, along with way low prices.
Total European Union Unemployment Rate
I know, I know, we're looking high and low for a chart with a happy tale to tell.