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Temperatures weren’t the only thing rising in July, as sky high summer heat was accompanied by increasing job listings, with the month up 4.6%. This follows the slowdown observed in June where listings dipped by almost 1%. Reflecting on job demand changes …

It’s most definitely Deja vu all over again. The re-emergence of heated debates these days around full-employment, NAIRU, Fed policy, tapering, and the mirage of bipartisanship in a Senate that still includes Mitch McConnell, not to mention reading the symbols …

As the 2021 labor market continues to distinguish itself from the rollercoaster of 2020, LinkUp’s job listing data provides a unique view into the state of the US economy. In the most recent edition of our Economic Indicators Report, we …

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 …

It’s not surprising in the least given how utterly unprecedented everything has been of late, but at no point in the past 20 years has focus on the labor market been so intense. And because we are in such uncharted …