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Calculated Risk: Employment-Population Ratio, Part Time Workers ...
Posted on: 09/03/2010 08:50 AM
This graph shows the job losses from the start of the employment recession, in percentage terms - this time aligned at the bottom of the recession (Both the 1991 and 2001 recessions were flat at the bottom, so the choice was a little ...
Matthew Yglesias » Private Sector Employment
Posted on: 09/03/2010 09:44 AM
Conservatives claim to believe that a structural shift involving declining public sector employment is a good thing so we should take their claims seriously and ignore the “fake jobs” working for the government. ...
What about the employment rate? | Washington Examiner
Posted on: 09/04/2010 06:25 AM
In a recession, experts eye unemployment charts every month looking for signs of a recovery, but as AEI's Henry Olsen writes, we shouldn't ignore the employment rate. What percentage of working-age Americans actually have jobs? ...
7 Weak Spots In The Employment Report
Posted on: 09/04/2010 07:06 AM
David Rosenberg rains on the bull parade and explains why the employment report was more bearish than it looked...
Calculated Risk: Employment Diffusion Indices
Posted on: 09/03/2010 01:03 PM
The increases in the diffusion indices in 2009 and earlier this year, was a clear positive in the monthly employment reports. However the decrease in the diffusion indices over the last few months (falling below 50% for manufacturing in ...
Calculated Risk: August Employment Report: 60K Jobs ex-Census, 9.6 ...
Posted on: 09/03/2010 07:30 AM
Nonfarm payroll employment changed little (-54000) in August, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 9.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Government employment fell, as 114000 temporary workers ...
August Employment Report | Daily Markets
Posted on: 09/03/2010 04:05 PM
It looks like Labor might actually have something to celebrate this Labor Day. OK, the celebration will not be with champagne -- more like with Budweiser -- but.
Heritage Employment Reports: Summer Slowdown of Jobs Continues in ...
Posted on: 09/03/2010 01:17 PM
The rebound in the labor market that was so promising in the spring wilted under the summer heat.
Calculated Risk: Employment Report Preview
Posted on: 09/02/2010 07:30 PM
Reporting that is consistent with non-decennial Census employment reports is to lead with the headline payroll number ex-Census. What has confused some people (I think) is that the Census hiring and layoffs is Not Seasonally Adjusted ...
Jobs: Employment Stinks Less In August - CBS MoneyWatch.com
Posted on: 09/03/2010 08:49 AM
The August jobs report is out and it was better than expected. The US lost 54000 non-farm payroll jobs, though the losses were due to 114000 laid of.