by Administrator | Dec 22, 2018 | No Spin News
Temporary help added 8,300 jobs in November, which took the series to a new cycle high. As we have noted previously, when this series starts to move off its cycle high it has been a signal that employment conditions might be softening. The gains here over the past 11...
by Administrator | Dec 21, 2018 | No Spin News
The 9,000-person advance in wholesale trade payrolls is consistent with what we are reading about the level of inventories in the economy. Gains were noted in all three components of this sector, those being durable goods (+6,000), nondurable goods (+2,200) and...
by Administrator | Dec 20, 2018 | No Spin News
The 5,000 person gain in construction employment was the net result of the gains in employment associated with the construction of buildings being partially offset by declines in the hiring associated with the finishing of buildings. Over the past eleven months we...
by Administrator | Dec 19, 2018 | No Spin News
Manufacturing employment continued the string of month-to-month gains that started in August of 2017. The November gain of 27,000 was almost equally balanced between gains in durable goods manufacturing (+15,000) and nondurables (+12,000). Over the past eleven months...
by Administrator | Dec 18, 2018 | No Spin News
Retail employment was up by a net of 18,200 in November, as the 39,300-person gain in general merchandise stores was largely offset by declines at building material stores (-10,900) and sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores (-14,100). It being November, one has...
