Jobs Reports & Forecasts

For the first month of 2022, active job listings in the U.S. were, for the most part in a somewhat steady holding pattern, up just 0.3% over December. When we drill down to the occupation level we see some hidden …

As we wrap the first month of 2022, we also examine the job market data to see what it had to say about the close of 2021. In the Q4 edition of our Economic Indicators Report, we saw the first …

  Over the past 6 months or so, our view regarding the job market has been that, rather than being afflicted by a labor shortage, the economy has suffered from an enormous bid-ask spread between employers and employees. Beyond the …

Job listings year-over-year Though we’ve retired the word ‘unprecedented’, we’d be almost tempted to bring it back to recap 2021. It seems only fitting for a year that saw such significant growth and changes in employment numbers, expectations, and trends. …

As we near the end of another tumultuous year, we are seeing a substantial slowdown with far fewer jobs being posted. This flagging pace could perhaps be attributed to a fresh wave of COVID concerns, as questions about the impact …

For the past 6 months or so, we’ve held the view that while the U.S. is not plagued by a labor shortage, it is, rather, afflicted with a massive bid-ask spread between employees and employers that has essentially frozen the …

Jobs were falling right along with the autumn leaves in October—with nationwide listings down 1.1%. Job listings were down in a majority of states, occupations, and industries as well. This negative trajectory represents a notable shift, particularly at the industry …

As we look back on the third quarter of 2021 we see a labor market still clearly showing stress due to the lingering effects of the pandemic. In the most recent edition of our Economic Indicators Report, we do see …

Regarding the job market, the dominant narrative over the past few months has been that an unprecedented labor shortage is to blame for all sorts of nasty maladies afflicting the nation – evils ranging from the murder of the economic …

September holds mixed messages We begin the fall season on a not entirely positive note. Though job listings are still increasing—active job listings were up 2.7% last month, that’s an increase from the previous month’s 0.6%—the news isn’t all sunshine …