…and starts peaked, and why employment in this sector has not turned down yet.  Notice, beginning in about 2012, how much construction employment lagged the increase in units under construction….

…the unemployment rate YoY in the next several months. Since the unemployment rate was 4.1% last June, rising to 4.2% for several months thereafter, this suggests that the unemployment rate…

…. the economy is cooling, the unemployment rate is going up, and the number of job openings isn’t keeping pace. “The U.S. economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, less…

…held steady, while real aggregate payrolls for nonsupervisory workers rose significantly. The employment population and labor force participation rates also rose. Of note, the headline number for private employment rose…

…felt the pressure more than others. The Black unemployment rate has risen from 6.2% as of January, when Trump resumed office, to 7.5% the past two months. The white unemployment…

…before recessions, houses for sale (gold) and residential construction employment (red), all normed to 100 as of their respective post-pandemic peaks. Uniquely, employment in residential construction has risen slightly since…

…off the bat there is really no good, on-point statistic that I can find. The situation is opaque, but if we look at monthly employment and unemployment statistics by native…

…challenges, such as securing housing and finding employment. Incarceration can create gaps in rental history, which can be made worse because of Oklahoma’s harsh sentencing practices, even for nonviolent property…

…jobs. But on a YoY basis, this series was negative for the fourth month in a row, by -473,000 jobs, or an average of -39,000 monthly. The U3 unemployment rate…

…jobs may brighten as the economic expansion develops, drawing more people back into the workforce and limiting declines in unemployment. In addition, some economists argue that retiring baby boomers may…