One of the more astonishing things I’ve come across recently was an utterly disingenuous article in Sunday’s Times:...
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Last weekend, in Redux: Household versus Establishment Surveys, we noted the silliness of trying to make the BLS Household Survey somehow...
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Has the US labor market has had its day? “Analytically, this expectation is based on a deceleration in GDP growth primarily caused by...
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One of the more interesting issues I observed last week (albeit from a distance, margarita in hand) was the pre-NFP excitement generated...
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One last item: "The Labor Department’s payrolls report is also at odds with its own survey of households, which is used to...
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As we expected, yesterday’s NFP was another stinkeroo. The 121k number was significantly below the 200k consensus, and far, far...
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The dismal set has gotten all hot and bothered over the preliminary ADP data, thought by some to be an early read on the NFP report....
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In yesterday’s RM column, I referenced a chart from the Sunday NYT (below). >click for larger graphic Courtesy of the New York...
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Final thoughts on Employment, via Professor Morici: "Overall, conditions in labor markets remain mixed. Shortages have emerged for...
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The Sunday New York Times had an interesting story by Dan Gross about one of our favorite themes: What happens When Statistical measures...
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