Data That Matters July 2020

Since data collection began, over half a million people (534,000) have died from Covid-19. The US ’employment-population’ ratio dropped to Continue reading →

Truly Unemployed US Citizens

The traditional unemployment numbers come with so many asterisks that we’re accustomed to ignore them. While the official US unemployment Continue reading →

Record US Unemployment May 1 2020

Every week has added to last month’s record US unemployment. Some recent weeks have singly been ten times the previous Continue reading →

Record US Unemployment 040220

A previous post chronicled the sudden rise in unemployment in the US from a previous record ~600,000 to over 3,200,000. Continue reading →

Data That Matters April 2019

In Florida, houses sitting at less than one meter above sea level have valuation multiples of about 50% those of Continue reading →

US Jobs Report March 2019

The good news: 196,000 jobs added in the US in March. More good news: unemployment is at 3.8%. And yet, Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2019

The US saw more jobs (304,000) but slower wage growth (0.1%). Massive efforts have planted enough to add 5% to Continue reading →

US Jobs Report January 2019

Economists were surprised with the high number of new jobs in January, 304,000. They were less impressed by wage growth Continue reading →