This was another tepid employment report not much different than the reports in 2012. Payroll employment rose 168,000 and the household survey showed a gain of only 17,000 Private payrolls…

Payroll Employment by Presidential Administrations Ryan is saying that Obama’s record is like Jimmy Carter’s record. When it comes to employment we should hope so. During Carter’s four years in…

The employment report was a major disappointment. Payroll employment rose some 120,000, significantly less than the over 200,000 anticipated. Moreover, the household survey displayed a -31,000 drop in employment. The…

The employment report was one of the best seen this cycle. Total payroll employment rose 192,000 and private payroll employment rose 222,000– one of the strongest this cycle. Moreover the…

…lesser rate as far as employment was concerned, but other employment reports were positive. The unemployment rate fell to 10.0% as payroll employment was essentially unchanged at -11,000 and household…

…December 2004, payroll employment was -76,000 less than in January 2001. Both the payroll employment series, and the household survey based employment series adjusted to conform to the establishment survey…

…Jerry Bowyer might look at the same facts and conclude that this is good news for employment: Not all jobs are created equal. Some are volatile and speculative, and some…

The November Employment Situation Summary can be found here with the headline news being that payroll employment grew by 215,000, while the unemployment rate remained at 5.0%. Interestingly, the household…

By the time I awake tomorrow, Kash is likely to have posted the employment report for the first month of this year. For reasons noted below, I’m HOPING employment increases…

…reported civilian labor force. So despite the good news in employment, the recorded unemployment rate rose to 5.5%. Looking at employment over the past 12 months, it has increased by…