Numerous pundits have taken to claiming that the Misery Index — a combination of Inflation measures and Unemployment — is...
Read More
The NYT’s Floyd Norris notes that the 12-month change in private sector jobs is down 125,000 jobs from may 2007 to May 2008. Since...
Read More
As a follow up to our NFP extravaganza yesterday, here are a few additional items you may find informative: Yesterday, we noted the big...
Read More
Our last word on NFP for the day: One of the best leading indicators for employment is Temp Help. . . And how is that doing? >TEMP...
Read More
In our relentless attempt to get at the Truth, we often spill pixels showing how government data makes things appear rosier than they are...
Read More
chart via BLS > The U.S. lost jobs for the fifth consecutive month, as nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down. For May...
Read More
Another month in the books, and another NFP report. Job creation has been flat to negative for the past 5 months or so. According to...
Read More
"Below 400k New Claims = No Recession." >One of the latest wrong ideas floating around is that you cannot possibly have a...
Read More
Interesting piece in Business Week on the independent National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). They are the official arbiters of...
Read More
I have over the years discussed what a poor economic recovery this cycle has been in terms of job creation. Given the lack of robust job...
Read More
