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8 Aug

Men at Work: Are We Seeing a Turnaround in Male Labor Force...

by Guest Author
Men at Work: Are We Seeing a Turnaround in Male Labor Force Participation? John Robertson Atlanta Fed’s macroblog, 7.29.16  ...

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5 Aug

Wage Growth at its Highest Rate Since Great Recession

by Barry Ritholtz
Wages grew by 2.6% over the prior year, equal to last month’s reading and in line with expectations…   Wage growth...

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20 Jul

A Monthly Surge But Softer Trend

by Barry Ritholtz
Nice charts from WSJ:   Source: WSJ

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8 Jul

Employment Situation Report is a Monthly Statistics Lesson

by Barry Ritholtz
  Every single month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases their update on the Employment Situation. It is based on a model...

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5 Jul

David Card: The Challenger

by Guest Author
The Challenger FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT, March 2016, Vol. 53, No. 1 Peter J. Walker PDF version Peter J. Walker profiles David Card, the...

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1 Jul

St Louis Fed: Enter the Regime

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Philippa Dunne is one of the editors of The Liscio Report, an independent research newsletter focusing on the U.S. labor market, debt...

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30 Jun

A Cautionary Note on the Help Wanted Online Data

by Guest Author
A Cautionary Note on the Help Wanted Online Data Tomaz Cajner and David Ratner Federal Reserve, June 23, 2016        ...

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16 Jun

Looking at Withholding Data from a State’s Perspective

by Guest Author
Philippa Dunne is one of the editors of The Liscio Report, an independent research newsletter focusing on the U.S. labor market, debt...

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15 Jun

Rosenberg on Jobs: It’s Not One Number !

by David Rosenberg
Rosie was skeptical of our prior posts on the Labor Market improvements (here and here) via W2 withholding data. This is his response:...

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14 Jun

Labor Market Conditions Index vs W2 Tax Withholding

by Barry Ritholtz
Following yesterday’s column on W2 tax data as a read of employment, several emailers/tweeps/friends asked about the...

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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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