No matter how centrally-planned and meticulously managed the US economy/market has become, the policy-setting powers-that-be have yet to be able to control one thing… mother nature…
The current debacle on the East Coast is second only to Sandy in terms of news story counts…
But beats every previous year in the last 36 years for those missing work…
We are sure that Q1 earnings will be burgeoned with CEO excuses after this (and just think of the pent-up demand…)
Source: Bloomberg and BLS
h/t @Not_Jim_Cramer
via Zero Hedge http://ift.tt/LUNCim Tyler Durden