…the Great Recession and the pandemic: Although it is somewhat noisy, the employment cost index tends to in tandem with, but inversely to, the unemployment rate: There really is not…
…But an even more interesting comparison is to compare total vehicle output — including light and heavy trucks as well as parts — to employment in the production of motor…
The headline number of a 163,000 increase in payroll employment –172,000 private and a -9,000 fall in government –appeared strong. But it was really just another .weak employment report. For…
Usually I describe the employment report as disappointing. But this one was just miserable. Private sector employment only rose 69,000 and the unemployment rate ticked back up from 8.1%to 8.2%….
I see that his blog Mankiw shows a chart of the employment population ratio to make a comment about the “so called recovery”. But he selected the start date of…
Signs of stronger growth are showing almost everwhere but the employment data. In January payroll employment grew by 36,000 while private payroll job only expanded some 50,000. Employment as reported…
The employment report was weak across the board as the unemployment rate remained at 9.6% as government employment fell -159,000 reflecting both falling temporary Census jobs and loses of some…
…some 67,000 jobs. But the drop in census temporary employment caused total nonfarm payroll employment to fall 54,000. The year over year gain in jobs as reported by both the…
…employment being suggested is, to be polite about it, rather creative. kharris begins, “So let me see if I have this right. If anybody tries to figure out what the…
…U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The projections show an aging and more racially and ethnically diverse labor force, and employment growth in service-providing industries. …and… Projected employment growth…