From Bloomberg: “The share that the top 1 percent of earners in the U.S. take from total wages has almost doubled since the 1970s, and...
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During the past two years, we have seen signs that wage pressure is building as the economic recovery grinds on. Enough evidence has now...
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Having Trouble Hiring? Try Paying More Job-market data suggests that employer demand may have caught up with labor supply. Bloomberg,...
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I thought this analysis, from Yardeni Research (see public blog here) was very insightful. ~~~ US Employment: Good People Hard...
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One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics — an overview of survey advancements John P. Mullins BLS, August 2016 ...
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Crazy datapoint of the day: Nearly 1 in 10 businesses with employees are new firms, according to a new survey from the US Census....
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There was a surprising amount of pushback to yesterday’s column on the labor force participation rate. Some of the questions raised by...
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Labor Force Participation Rate: Men (Percent, Seasonally Adjusted) Source: Fred A Job-Market Tale in Two Charts Maybe...
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Payroll Employment Growth: Strong Enough? John Robertson, Macroblog, August 15, 2016 The U.S. Bureau of Labor...
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There are now more Americans working in Internet publishing than for newspapers. This is an amazing graphic: Source: Nieman Lab
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