Employment Archives - Page 38 of 49

Directly on point with our last post on NILFs and the labor participation rate, David points us to this delicious econ-wonk chart...

Because of the office move (broadband gets hooked up today tomorrow), I have been a few days behind in tearing apart major releases....

Regular readers of The Big Picture will recognize the sentiment presented below. Its a simple 3 part analysis: 1) The economy is soft; 2)...

Very interesting NFP report today, with all sorts of cross currents at play. The consensus of Wall Street economists is for the...

All eyes are on Friday’s NFP Report. With the markets desperately rooting for a Fed cut, especially after yesterday’s rather...

As I mentioned in earlier this year, we sold our house, and moved late March. Since settling in, we started some work on a house that was...

Tom Toles perfectly sums up both the present economic environment, and the problem with economists:

I’ve been talking about this for years, but I am glad to see quantifiable proof has now been adduced. According to IRS data:...

>"Officer Barbrady, I call shenanigans!" >Friday’s Non-farm payroll passed with very little commentary, as many...

Today will be quite the interesting Non-Farm Payrolls report. Consensus is for 127,000 new jobs, with a range of 60,000 to 160,000. Why...