…data. The Employment Situation – November 2024 Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in November, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor…

…outright inversion, employment growth almost always falters. And goods-producing employment – including manufacturing and construction jobs – has *always* faltered in the past 60 years. Finally, since temporary jobs are…

by Mike Kimel Cross posted at the Presimetrics blog Employment During Recoveries from Recessions – Long Term Trends The following graph of the employment to population ratio was obtained from…

…the marginal disutility of employment.” Keynes is defining effective demand as a limit upon employment. He first says that employment is not determined by the point at which business is…

…can raise overall employment. The only way that can happen is if a reduction in average wages raises employment. I assert it depends on how you measure employment. Krugman is…

…teen unemployment but a very small impact on adult unemployment. Since 1950 the teen unemployment rate has averaged some 3.1 times the adult unemployment rate. The correlation between the two…

Scenes from the April employment report: the Fed just can’t kill the employment “beast”  – by New Deal democrat There’s no economic news this morning, so let’s take a closer…

…physicians what they already k new, Depakote was a very valuable medication for “off-label” (unapproved uses). In the irony department, prescribing and administering Depakote for off-label uses is legal, and…

…information about products’ energy use. Label is voluntary, and Congress ordered it The Energy Star label is voluntary for products that meet certain efficiency levels, and differs from Department of…

…particular on Social Security.. Beverly Mann writes on Supreme Court proceedings. Mike Halasy and Tom Ealy cover the health industry. Dan Becker offers his perspective as a owner of two…