chart via BLS > The U.S. lost jobs for the fifth consecutive month, as nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down. For May...
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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...
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"Below 400k New Claims = No Recession." >One of the latest wrong ideas floating around is that you cannot possibly have a...
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Interesting piece in Business Week on the independent National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). They are the official arbiters of...
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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...
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Jeremy Piger is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Oregon. He has put together a model that presents recession...
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If you missed any of our payroll coverage on Friday and Saturday, here’s a full roundup: Bracing for NFP Day ...
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In the comments of an earlier post, Roman asks "If you are going to not consider the birth/death adjustment, then its only fair to...
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In Barron’s this week, Alan Abelson laces into BLS on the NFP data: "We’re talking instead about something much more...
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Today’s WTF headline is courtesy of the WSJ: Jobs Data Show Hopeful Sign, Though Economy Still Ails: Employers cut jobs in April...
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