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Given the devastation of hurricanes this fall, both in terms of frequency and ferocity, it’s obvious that their impact is not only still being felt today, but will continue to be felt for months to come. But as Texas, Florida, …

With the holidays upon us and an anticipated increase in the volume of goods being transported across the US every day, we thought it would be a good time to check in on one of our biggest industries. Transportation accounts …

Halloween is over, and if you enter your favorite store, you’ll find October’s black and orange decor has morphed into shades of red and green overnight. Nov. 1 seems to be the new, unofficial start of the holiday season. With …

It’s tough to jump into our October non-farm payroll (NFP) forecast without first revisiting our eye-popping forecast for September. Based on significant job listing gains in our job search engine in August, we forecasted a net gain of 260,000 jobs …

In late August, Hurricane Harvey brought record rainfall to Houston and the surrounding areas along with damaging winds of up to 130 mph. Then it felt like we blinked and Hurricane Irma swooped in and pounded Puerto Rico and headed for …

Geoffrey the Giraffe will probably survive this most recent bankruptcy in the retail bloodbath that is 2017. For now, at least. Every 90’s childs’ (and this 9-year-old’s) favorite retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy September 18, citing the need to …

[Note: Our Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) forecasting model does not include any adjustments for seasonality, not does it take into account particularities associated with severe weather. In the case of our September NFP forecast, we did not make an adjustment to …

Before posting our NFP forecast for September, I thought we should post the numbers for August. While some might expect an upward revision to August’s jobs numbers either next week or in November, we are sticking with our initial forecast …

After Amazon invited bids for a second headquarters location, city leaders across the country started brainstorming ways to attract the e-commerce giant. Amazon’s promise of employing 50,000 workers and investing $5 billion in construction would be a dream for many …

We’ll have more analysis in the next few days (our monthly data doesn’t get processed 1AM after the last day of the month) but I wanted to get this published before tomorrow’s Non-Farm Payroll report for August. In July, new and …