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Jon Hefferlin

Jonathan R. Hefferlin is managing director of MRI, based in Dana Point, California. He is a search consultant with expertise in construction and transportation. A former television commentator, he authored the book Making Inflation Pay.

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$11 Trillion Flowing Into World Financial System Means Jobs, Lots of Jobs!

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Jon Hefferlin
Nov 11, 2008, 5:32 am ET

Eleven Tril is the equivalent of 9.5 months of our Gross Domestic Product ($14.3 Tril a year), or 2 1/2 months of the world GDP! ($54 Tril). And while we are in the throws of a seemingly major recession, there will be a lot of jobs created. Yes, $11 Tril has been or is planned... [full article »]

How Could We Lose 84,000 Jobs When Q2 GDP is up 3.3%?

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Jon Hefferlin
Sep 5, 2008, 12:38 pm ET

OK, we lost 84k jobs, with June and July revised upward by 56k. Puzzling indeed with Q2 real (after inflation) GDP growth revised upward from 1% to 3.3%. How could this be? Last month we seemed to be turning the corner in job losses — only 51,000 with downward revisions of previous numbers — and... [full article »]