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20 Feb

Macro Snapshot / St. Louis Fed

by Barry Ritholtz
Very useful dashboard via the St. Louis Fed, which maintains the fabulous FRED database. With a clean and simple interface, it puts all...

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23 Jan

Stop Worrying About All Those Tech Layoffs…

by Barry Ritholtz
    I wanted to drop a quick note about the endless spate of layoff announcements — and why you should (mostly) ignore...

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9 Dec

Why Aren’t There Enough Workers?

by Barry Ritholtz
  Last Friday’s strong payroll data led to lots of chatter about the current labor situation. Often oversimplified and lacking in...

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21 Nov

Which is Worse: Inflation or Unemployment?

by Barry Ritholtz
  You may have missed this wonderful Josh Zumbrun column in the Wall Street Journal last week: “Inflation and Unemployment Both...

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6 Sep

Labor Day Weekend Employment Charts

by Barry Ritholtz
So, it was just Labor Day Weekend, and while we all should be out NOT laboring, I spent part of the long holiday weekend thinking about a...

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5 Aug

What Employment Sectors Are Growing the Fastest?

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: Visual Capitalist       It’s light summer posting season! I am heading out of town for a wedding, and then...

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27 Jul

The Great Resignation Is Long Over

by Barry Ritholtz
    Today is Fed day, when we get the 75 bps increase that dramatically increases the odds of a recession. The main storyline...

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6 May

Simple Fixes for the Labor Market

by Barry Ritholtz
    Today is NFP day: We learned employment increased by 428,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6%. Job...

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21 Mar

Can We Untie Real Estate and Employment?

by Barry Ritholtz
    I have been wondering lately what the ramifications of the past two years will be. I enjoy thinking about things like this;...

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4 Mar

$1.395 Trillion Peak Unemployment Insurance

by Barry Ritholtz
    The Nonfarm payroll report today showed strength in hiring, modest wage increases, and a substantial decrease in...

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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