Lunch Linkage: Malpass: Near-Zero Rates Are Hurting the Economy

• Unemployment Rate Falls to 10% - online.wsj
• 10 Brands That Will Disappear In 2010 - businessinsider
• Job creation near but likely to be painfully slow - finance.yahoo

• Hiring managers say December is a great time to get a job - money.cnn
• SEC to consider putting an end to 12(b)-1 fees - investmentnews
• David Malpass: Near-Zero Rates Are Hurting the Economy - online.wsj

• Employment Report: 11K Jobs Lost, 10% Unemployment Rate - calculatedriskblog
• The Welfare State and Military Power - online.wsj
• Jobs Contract 23rd Straight Month; Unemployment Rate Drop to 10.0% - globaleconomicanalysis

• Senator Bunning to Bernanke "You are the definition of a moral hazard..." - globaleconomicanalysis
• Unemployment Drops Amazingly To 10%, NFP Down 11.000 Much Higher Than Consensus, 17.2% U-6 - zerohedge
• Broken Correlations - zerohedge

• Almost Creating Jobs! - forbes
• Early-Market Movers: Big Lots, Take Two Interactive - foxbusiness
• Coal Consumers Switching To Use Natural Gas (UNG) - businessinsider

• Japan Says It Has No Plans to Sell US Treasurys - CNBC - cnbc
• ICAP On The Correlation Collapse - zerohedge
• Seasonal Retail Hiring, Employment-Population Ratio, Part Time Workers - calculatedriskblog