…Justice Department Partners with Mexico to Combat Employment Discrimination The Justice Department and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States established a formal partnership today to protect…

by New Deal democrat April jobs report: a blowout — except (sigh) for wages HEADLINES: +211,000 jobs added U3 unemployment rate down -0.1% from 4.5% to 4.4% U6 underemployment rate…

…only high school diplomas: This is part of a broader picture. We get the same pattern when we compare U6 underemployment with U3 unemployment, as in the below graph which…

…underemployment, involuntary part time employment, and persons who want a job now but haven’t looked have nudged us very close to what has been “full employment” in the past two…

…or, as it was sometimes put, were price stability, full employment and collective bargaining – compatible in the America of their times?” — James Forder Under conditions of full employment,…

…steel employment and non-ferrous metals (primarily aluminum) employment by 33,464 jobs, but cost 179,334 jobs throughout the rest of the economy, for a net loss of nearly 146,000 jobs …..

The October JOLTS report: very good employment market continues, just below best levels Monday’s JOLTS report for October was, surprisingly, a little weaker than the employment report from one month…

…of last year isn’t over yet. In the meantime, Friday’s employment report will give us a look at construction employment, and since that usually turns down before a recession begins,…

This Friday, watch out for an outright decline in temporary employment Almost a month ago I flagged the decelerating staffing index, and showed how it corresponded with the leading sector…

Watch for temp jobs weakness in Friday’s employment report Yesterday I looked at manufacturing jobs, and goods-producing jobs generally, as two what to look for in Friday’s jobs report. Today…