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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I wanted to drop a quick note about the endless spate of layoff announcements — and why you should (mostly) ignore...
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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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You may have missed this wonderful Josh Zumbrun column in the Wall Street Journal last week: “Inflation and Unemployment Both...
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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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Source: Visual Capitalist It’s light summer posting season! I am heading out of town for a wedding, and then...
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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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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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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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The Nonfarm payroll report today showed strength in hiring, modest wage increases, and a substantial decrease in...
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