[Nervous Tick]

Hiring is risky, within today’s regulatory climate. That next employee could turn out to be the transvestite that demands you pay for its sex change. Or a grievance-group “victim” that sues you and ruins your business.

That doesn’t even begin to explore the minefield that is Obamacare.

I don’t know that this is the *entire* reason for failing to fill jobs that need filling — but I bet it explains part of it, at least.

[expat_panama]

Good morning and yesterday's modest drops in light volume for stocks were mirrored in metals also --everyone's still holding their breath w/ the FOMC for Wed. & Thurs.  At least today we get this stuff:

8:30 AM Retail Sales
8:30 AM Retail Sales ex-auto
8:30 AM Empire Manufacturing
9:15 AM Industrial Production
9:15 AM Capacity Utilization
10:00 AM Business Inventories

--and news:

Will the Fed Hike? Why Would One Seriously Care? - John Tamny, Forbes
A Case For Federal Reserve Rate Hike This Week - Mark Zandi, TheStreet
With or Without the Fed, One Banker Will Hike - Craig Torres, Bloomberg

Sorry, my keyboard got stock there.  Other news:

• Rebel Billionaires Are Eager to Follow Trump - Ben Schreckinger, Politico
• http://finance.yahoo.com/news/shale-delusion-why-party-over-221217050.html (tx, Chgogal!)
• The Young Will Pay For Obamacare - David Herbert, Investor's Business
• BRIC Failure Reveals Folly of Snazzy Acronyms - Matthew Lynn, Telegraph

[gogeo]

For Tara Sinclair, chief economist for job site Indeed, employers have so many openings because they need more workers — but are hoping that candidates haven't caught on~~snip~~Put simply, if employers sweetened the pot, they'd have the workers they need, not an all-time high level of unfilled jobs.

These college schooled economist types are so much fun to listen to...they've been 'taught' a model for business activity, but don't...can't...judge if it applies.

For low skill positions, it's simply a matter of pay. For jobs up the food chain, qualifications and personal attributes come into play.

I'm an employer, and the people I interview, and the people my friends interview...well, to be blunt, it would be an odd world if we had full employment. Too many people I talk to aren't employable; you cannot turn their time into value. For many I deal with from other businesses? God bless them, someone found a way to employ them and make it work.