Data blog

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 …

When comparing the success of healthcare companies, a very important distinction is whether the company is publicly or privately held. We tend to hear that private healthcare companies are able to move faster and innovate earlier but are more volatile, …

Last month, we forecasted strong non-farm payroll gains for August based on the increases we saw in new and total job listings indexed directly from company websites in July and August. Unfortunately, the initial data released by the Bureau of …

It’s been a wild ride for WeWork, the co-working space that aims to “be the ecosystem for your entire life.” After raising $14.2 billion in nine rounds of funding, starting 2019 with a valuation of $47 billion and filing for IPO …

Last week Uber announced its second round of layoffs in 2019, cutting more than 400 product and engineering jobs, primarily in the US. Leading up to these layoffs we saw a strong month over month decline in the job listings …

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. …

As the window is closing on a trade deal with China, frustration from farmers is growing faster than the crops they are unable to sell. In the past year bankruptcies among farmers have increased nearly 15 percent, and loan delinquency …

There is a clear evolution happening around the technologies used in banks and financial companies today, which you can see both in the financial products they offer, but also the type of talent in which they invest.  Our analytics team …