…unemployment rate, which was unchanged. Employment as measured by the household report went down. Labor force participation and the employment population ratio went down. the underemployment rate increased, as did…
Both the payroll and the household. survey showed continued weak employment gains as payroll employment only added some 80,000 jobs and the household survey showed a 128,000 gain. Private payrolls…
…Obama, while GWB was in office for the first 19.5 daysduring the time the employment data for January was gathered. Turns out that there were 841,000 private-sector jobs lost in…
…been pretty much discredited by this approach. As the chart below demonstrates over recent years, large firms have accounted for a greater share of employment than small firms. Since the…
Scenes from last week’s June employment report With no significant economic data today, let’s take a look at some of the more salient numbers from the June employment report released…
Some foreboding signs and portents from consumption and employment data – by New Deal democrat I have a special post up at Seeking Alpha, looking at some very troubling signs from several of…
Scenes from the November employment report: the short leading jobs indicators – by New Deal Democrat Every month as part of my post on the jobs report, I run through…
New housing construction appears to have bottomed; but expect further declines in construction employment ahead – by New Deal democrat Pointing your attention to NDd’s calling out of the economic…
…employment in both sectors been this low YoY without either being already in, or at least on the doorstep of, a recession: “All Employees, Service-Providing-.7,” FRED | St. Louis Fed…
By Spencer, The employment report was very encouraging. Most importantly, aggregate hours worked were unchanged at 91.1 as compared to 104.1, 101.7 and 99.7 over the last three quarters. An…