by Administrator | Apr 29, 2019 | No Spin News
The rise in part-time employment in the last recession was the most transformational event in the labor market since the entry of large numbers of women into the workforce. The high level of part-time employment is also largely responsible for the lethargic growth of...
by Administrator | Apr 26, 2019 | No Spin News
It is extremely important that we continue to see this series continue to move higher. Not only because downturn here are associated with recessions, but because full-time work is better compensated, which helps to support and promote rising consumer spending. Without...
by Administrator | Apr 25, 2019 | No Spin News
The shape and slope of this line strongly suggest that further expansion is possible. Business cycle peaks occur when this number turns downward. For that to happen, we will need to see negative headline numbers in jobs report. Subscribe now!
by Administrator | Apr 23, 2019 | No Spin News
After showing some progress over the course of 2018, wage growth appears to have stagnated early in 2019. While the unemployment rate suggests a tight labor market, the pace of compensation gains suggest little, if any, effort by employers to attract and retain...
by Administrator | Apr 22, 2019 | No Spin News
Earnings growth continues lag well behind the pace of gains posted at similar stages of the last two expansions. Worse, the rise in earnings appears to be mostly the result of people working more hours rather than getting paid more per hour of work. Subscribe...
by Administrator | Apr 18, 2019 | No Spin News
While the pace of month-to-month gains in hiring has become more volatile of late, this indicator of our position in the business cycle still suggests we are some distance away from the next business cycle peak. Subscribe now!
by Administrator | Apr 17, 2019 | No Spin News
Manufacturing employment growth, which had been slowing since last October, turned negative in March. Whether this is a temporary phenomenon such as the lulls we have seen in this sector several times earlier in this expansion or the beginning of something more...
by Administrator | Apr 15, 2019 | No Spin News
Total employment gains in the first quarter of 2019 were significantly less than those of the first quarter of 2018. And the task of matching last year’s gains only becomes more difficult as we move into the second quarter. Subscribe now!
by Administrator | Apr 12, 2019 | No Spin News
While the latest gain in total payroll suggests a rebound from the February lull, the details of the report indicate that employment gains are becoming unevenly distributed across the economy. Such a configuration is common as we transition into the Boom phase of the...
by Administrator | Apr 4, 2019 | No Spin News
Hiring in the trucking sector was little changed. The details that we need to figure out whether this is anything other than one of the small month-to-month changes so often seen on this chart won’t be available for at least a month. And, by that time, there could...
