…bargaining, full employment and fair employment standards and practices were promoted as incremental steps on the road to economic and thus political democracy. The reaction against these reforms from the…

…as strong as any city in the country. During the period of the latest minimum wage increase Seattle has experienced essentially full employment, as reflected in an unemployment rate of…

What the compressed yield curve means for employment Aside from the threat of a recession down the road, is there cause for concern by economic Progressives in the fact that…

…economy of labour effected by the introduction of new machinery throws labourers out of employment for the moment. But such is the increased demand for the cheapened products, that eventually…

…they are definitely *not* leading sectors. Federal government employment, for example, frequently goes *up* during recessions: (Unfortunately, FRED doesn’t give me a way to separate out census employment, which is…

…growth but they did not release the revised data until the August employment report last Friday. The new data shows that 2019 payroll employment was significantly weaker than originally reported….

Scenes from the October employment report: leading sectors remain poor Yesterday I discussed unemployment and labor force participation from last week’s jobs report, which with the significant exception that better…

…be clear, the rise in the unemployment rate since last April is cause for concern. If that continues, unemployment will definitely be a serious issue. But if we just take…

…in the unemployment rate. But that was driven primarily by an increase in the labor force rather than by a decrease in employment. The number of persons not in the…

…level since July 2021. Leading employment indicators of a slowdown or recession These are leading sectors for the economy overall, and help us gauge how much the post-pandemic employment boom…