November JOLTS data: Two Narratives The “Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey” or JOLTS Survey did not used to receive very much attention. This has changed over the past one or two years as we have seen record levels of job openings reported. The current jobs report data […]
The monthly jobs report is more than just one number. The report is created using two data sets, seasonally adjusting the data, and reporting the data. Sometime job gains, or worker gains, are recorded lower and reported higher than the headline number. Sometime the data is recorded higher […]
The monthly jobs report is more than just one number. The report is created using two data sets, seasonally adjusting the data, and reporting the data. Sometime job gains, or worker gains, are recorded lower and reported higher than the headline number. Sometime the data is recorded higher […]
The monthly jobs report is more than just one number. The report is created using two data sets, seasonally adjusting the data, and reporting the data. Sometime job gains, or worker gains, are recorded lower and reported higher than the headline number. Sometime the data is recorded higher […]
The ADP Payroll report gives us a preview of what to expect from the Monthly Employment Situation report, especially with regard to total private sector worker growth. We may get some insight as to which sectors are growing month to month and December to December, seasonally adjusted. The […]
The Monthly Jobs Report, or Employment Situation Report, contains a cornucopia of information. It is created using the Current Employment Statistics (CES) data on workers and the Current Population Survey (CPS) data on jobs. The data that is recorded is the non-seasonally adjusted data. The data that is […]
Payrolls should have grown December to December in all sectors, except possibly one sector The first week of the month is normally the week that we receive the monthly ADP Payroll Report and the Monthly Employment Situation report, or Jobs Report. We normally receive the ADP report on […]
The weekly unemployment claims data used to garner headlines and bottom of the hours first news status on television. This data now is bottom of the bird cage news. It is rarely referenced in the chyron on the news. We have seen steadily decreasing first-time claims data and […]
Best November for Men and Women Workers The November Jobs Report was tepidly received on Friday December 7th. The “headline jobs number” was lower than anticipated. Wages grew, just not at the employment level “wanted.” Unemployment dropped. The problem is that most individuals report on the report and […]
Weekly Unemployment Claims STILL Historically Low We have been on a ten year decline in weekly unemployment claims since the peak week of January 2009. What used to be headline news at the bottom of the 8:00 hour every Thursday has been summarily forgotten and dismissed as unimportant. […]