by Administrator | Oct 11, 2018 | No Spin News
Forward progress with fits and starts is the way this series behaves during expansions. Because of that, we pay more attention to the trend than we do to the month-to-month changes. The upward trend is intact, and the there are many reasons to think that it will...
by Administrator | Oct 10, 2018 | No Spin News
Not much change here, we are still close to the existing cycle high and position to set a new one. This number will have to start moving lower on a consistent basis before we think we have reason to worry about a business cycle peak. Subscribe now!
by Administrator | Oct 3, 2018 | No Spin News
By the thinnest of margins, this series just set a new low for this expansion. And, I also added a column to the table that shows the interval from the last three cycle lows to the next cycle peak, with the date of that cycle peak. Based on the numbers in the table,...
by Administrator | Oct 2, 2018 | No Spin News
The people who are counted here have told the BLS that they are working part-time because they want to. This would include students, and persons who don’t wish to work full time for a variety of personal and/or family reasons. This chart is behaving the way that it...
by Administrator | Oct 1, 2018 | No Spin News
The BLS divides those who work part-time into two categories. Those who have to work part-time are counted here as doing so for economic reasons. Either their employer limits their hours to less than 35 per week, or the only work they could find was part-time. So,...
by Administrator | Sep 28, 2018 | No Spin News
The pattern of uneven upward progress that has been present since the start of the expansion remains in place. The trend is much more important than the month-to-month changes. Subscribe now!