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There are Plenty of Available Jobs!

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk The 6.4 million job openings on the last business day of September, were “little changed” from prior months, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday. But it is below the 7 million job openings in … Continue reading →

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Where are the Jobs?

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Calculated Risk The number of job openings increased to 6.6 million on the last business day of July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week, a good sign. Labor’s JOLTS report will be an important … Continue reading →

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What Future Job Growth?

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) put out by the Labor Department (BLS) probably only makes sense to economists, because it gives a picture of the job market in coming months, as well as … Continue reading →

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The Recession Has Arrived, No Big Surprise!

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs The Dow plunged 1,862 points on Thursday, as the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research, which maintains a chronology of the peaks and troughs in economic activity in the United States, had just … Continue reading →

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Do We Need a New Jobs Deal?

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Calculated Risk The best picture we have of current and future job trends is the Labor Department’s JOLTS report (i.e., Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey). Calculated Risk’s colorful graph shows Job Openings (yellow line) hasn’t yet … Continue reading →

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JOLTS Survey Reports Increase in Hiring

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Calculated Risk This Calculated Risk graph for the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey says (almost) all of it. The yellow line signifying job openings is still soaring far above hires (blue line); so much so … Continue reading →

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How Low Can Interest Rates Go?

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Calculatedriskblog Why are interest rates so low—not just in the US? It’s been below 0 percent in the northern EU countries and Japan for years because there is little worldwide inflation, which means there’s not sufficient demand … Continue reading →

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May Employment Not looking So Good

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in May (+75,000), and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services and … Continue reading →

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What Will Friday’s Unemployment Report Look Like?

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Econoday It may look better than the Associated Data Processing private payrolls report that precedes the BLS report, as have prior months’.  Private-sector employers hired just 27,000 people in May, a 7-year low, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday. … Continue reading →

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Where are the Workers?

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The number of job openings rose to 7.5 million on the last business day of March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and separations were little changed at 5.7 million and … Continue reading →

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