US Jobs Report April 2017

US Jobs continue to rebound with 201,000 added in April. Much of the growth was in services like leisure and Continue reading →

US Jobs Report March 2017

The good news is that unemployment is down to 4.5%, and wages are up 2.7% annually. The bad news is Continue reading →

US Productivity Declines

By many measures, the US economy is recovering: stock market indices, unemployment, wages, etc. But, productivity is declining. “After growing Continue reading →

Every EU Nation Is Growing

Data from the European Union (EU) tells a positive economic story. Every one of the 28 nations in the EU Continue reading →

Great Recession Caused By Rich Houses

The conventional wisdom is that the Great Recession was caused by the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market. The data Continue reading →

Doubting Chinese Economy

China’s economy has been growing incredibly. While the rest of the world is experiencing GDP growth of about 2% to Continue reading →

US Job Participation Declines

These may be seasonal variations, but; according to Gallup, unemployment was up three-tenths of a point to 5.2%, job participation Continue reading →

Gigs Are The Job Growth

Good news has come almost every month for the last several years, jobs. Frequently, hundreds of thousands of jobs were Continue reading →