by Gary S. Morrow | Jan 19, 2022 | Commentary
Only 4 States Have Regained All the Jobs Lost Since the Pandemic. What do they have in common? The lede: The U.S. has a long way to go before our economy fully recovers from the damage inflicted by the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In all, we’re...
by Gary S. Morrow | Oct 8, 2021 | Market Update
The U.S. economy added 194,000 jobs in September, after economists predicted employers would hire roughly 500,000 new workers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday. This month is the second in a row in which job growth fell short of expectations, with...
by Gary S. Morrow | Sep 7, 2021 | Chart of the Day
Hat tip Dimitrios63/@Dimitrios_1963 · This illustrates the many Job recessions in the US. But shows the 2020 employment recession Brought on by shut downs to be the steepest and fastest V shape recovery.
by Gary S. Morrow | Aug 6, 2021 | Chart of the Day
This morning’s employment report for July showed a 943K increase in total nonfarm payrolls, which was above the Investing.com forecast of 870K jobs added. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 943,000 in July, and the unemployment rate declined by 0.5...
by Gary S. Morrow | Aug 4, 2021 | Market Update
The ADP report showed that 330,000 jobs were added last month, missing consensus estimates of economists surveyed by Dow Jones for 653,000 and marking the smallest monthly gain since February. On top of that, the job tally for June was lowered to 680,000 from an...