Labor Market

I have no intention of completely abandoning (yet) my self-imposed rule of generally steering clear of politics post-November 2016, but as we move into the New Year, and an election year at that, I expect it will become increasingly difficult …

2019 will be remembered as a year of political conflict and the third presidential impeachment in U.S. history, but it will also be remembered as record year for corporate strife. More than 1,300 CEOs stepped down in 2019, the highest total CEO churn …

November’s job listings data was particularly negative as all states and sectors saw declines, but none more severe than the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction sector. Employment in the sector has steadily been on the decline, despite President Trump promising to …

As has been the case for much of the recent past, the U.S. economy is a tale of two cities these days with strong consumers continuing to buoy the economy despite some distressing signs from pretty much everything that isn’t …

There are a lot of questions swirling around the U.S. economy these days, but two of the most central are whether the slowdown in hiring is due to weakening demand or shrinking supply and secondly, how long the U.S. consumer …

  Because Jobs Friday fell on November 1st, we didn’t have much time yesterday morning to thoroughly process our job market data for October before the Labor Department released its Employment Situation Report for the month. We did, however, have …

Our paired-month jobs data for October finished processing and was delivered early this morning, just in time to allow for a very quick analysis. We’ll be processing and evaluating all of our monthly jobs data this morning and we will …

The past few months have been a horror story for the vaping industry. Thirty-seven deaths and a mysterious vaping-related respiratory illness have garnered endless bad press and resulted in increased interest and actions from legislators at all levels of government. And …

Forever 21 is forever facing trouble these days. From rumors of bankruptcy on the horizon, to Ariana Grande suing the popular tween retailer for “allegedly using her name, image, likeness and music” in an ad campaign this year, it can’t …

Before we jump into our Non-Farm Payroll Forecast (NFP) for August, it is worth noting that on August 21st, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced its preliminary estimate of the upcoming annual benchmark revision to the establishment survey employment series. …