by Administrator | Jan 13, 2019 | No Spin News
The 312,000 person gain posted in December is only 12,000 persons less than the gain you see in February. And since the figure plotted here is only the first edition, it is possible that December could yet be the largest month-to-month gain of the year. The more...
by Administrator | Jan 11, 2019 | No Spin News
Not only did the December number land with a resounding thump, the two prior months were both revised upwards. Yes folks, there were 370,000 more jobs in place in December. And, just about everyone was invited to this party and had a good time. Subscribe...
by Administrator | Jan 3, 2019 | No Spin News
I am extremely partial to this statistic because I think it tells a lot about the current and prospective conditions of the labor market. How much more this number can drop is going to depend heavily on what happens to the composition of unemployment. The recent drop...
by Administrator | Jan 2, 2019 | No Spin News
As it turns out, the decline that we saw in total part-time employment was the result of the drop we see here in what is also known as “voluntary” part-time employment. And the drop we see might have just as much to do with seasonal patterns as it does with economic...
by Administrator | Jan 1, 2019 | No Spin News
The jump in this line was not good. We had increases in both the number of people working part-time because their hours were cut back (this is noted under the rubric of “slack work” in the report) as well as in the number of people who were working part-time because...
by Administrator | Dec 30, 2018 | No Spin News
Strong gains in full-time employment are the most welcome news in these reports. This is far more important than the headline rate of unemployment for the simple reason that, until you know what brought about the headline rate of unemployment, you don’t know whether...
