…have declined by over 70% from peak, on a per capita basis NY is still among the top 10 jurisdictions. In other words, despite its success, NY still has a…

…the weekly initial jobless claims. Professional and business employment rose by 127,000, which is still 2.156 million, or about 10% below its February peak. Wages of non-managerial workers Average Hourly…

…in April, finally surpassing the previous peak of January 1973: May declined -0.5% from the April peak. I suspect as more people are recalled to work, April will prove to…

…42 new daily infections per million: At its peak, NY had 509 infections per million per day. NJ peaked at 409, RI at 369, LA at 340, and CT at…

…adjusted number (red), and the less important seasonally adjusted number (blue) have remained nearly stationary. This week the former declined by only 62,000 to 20.544 million, 4.368 below its peak…

…declined by to 17,921 million, 4.873 million below its peak of 24.912 million five weeks ago; while the latter declined by 767,000 to 19.522 million, 5.390 million below its peak…

…million below their peak of 22.794 million seven weeks ago. After seasonal adjustment they declined 698,000 to 18.062 million, 6.850 million below their peak of 24.912 million seven weeks ago:…

…simple fear by people at first slowed the increase, followed by an apparent peak on July 22. Josh Marshall has speculated, correctly I think, that an important reason why the…

…roughly 650,000 during the Great Recession, while their non-adjusted peak came during January, when there is typically a big spike, at roughly 950,000. Continuing claims peaked at roughly 6.5 million…

…their previous 1973 peak, although part of that has been the asymmetric loss of jobs among some of the lower-paid occupations: Finally, one of the most telling metrics of the…