Economy

In our Non-farm Payroll forecast earlier this month, we highlighted the yawning chasm of the bid-ask spread between employers and employees these days and touched on some of the structural mechanics of the job market in the context of how …

Looking  back at the month of June, we see growth has slowed and the labor market appears to be leveling off. The month brought the first signs that the job market is cooling down. It’s not quite a summer slump, …

In March and April of last year, as the pandemic swept across the globe, 22 million Americans lost their jobs, either temporarily or permanently. Between May and the end of last year, 12 million of those jobs were recovered, leaving …

Wage inflation has been a hot topic of late, with many employers saying that they are having to raise compensation to attract workers. This is an area that touches every corner of the economy as labor is a key input …

Recently, Consumer Discretionary (CD) has been an interesting sector to analyze. Due to its non-essential nature, COVID’s impact on the sector cannot be denied. However, as it looks like we are turning a corner on the pandemic, CD seems to …

Continuing the climb May was yet another month of steady growth, with active job listings rising another 4.06%. This is similar to the previous month’s 4.23% overall US growth rate. At the state level, 98% of states saw job listings …

Still on the upswing We’ve got a spring in our step after yet another month of growth. Following the 11% increase in active job listings we saw in March, and our return to pre-pandemic job levels, April’s active job listings …

As we continue to watch the labor market’s impressive upward climb in the wake of last year’s COVID cliff, LinkUp’s job listing data provides a unique view into the state of the US economy. In the most recent edition of …

Job demand is backMarch brought a major milestone in the pandemic recovery with job listings in the U.S. returning to pre-covid levels. (We’ll pause here for a collective ‘woo hoo!’) We were hopeful going into March, when we noticed job …

Given the positive news of late and the broader trends around the pandemic, it’s tempting to start this post by noting that things seem to be slowly but surely starting to return to normal. But of course, that’s an entirely …