US Job Recovery Unfinished

The last six years have seen impressive jobs growth in the US. Unemployment is also down. The US job market Continue reading →

US November Job Report

The good news: the US economy added about 211,000 jobs in November, better than expected. The somewhat good news: wage Continue reading →

Sidewalk Delivery Drones

Robotics an drones have reached the point where new ideas are likely to become businesses, not just be gimmicks. Some Continue reading →

Robot Runs Information Booth

Shopping malls can be big enough that people get lost, or lose the store they’re hunting for, which is why Continue reading →

Surprise Rise In American Jobs

Instead of ‘only’ adding 180,000 jobs in October, the US Labor Department announced 271,000 new jobs, strengthening the assertion that Continue reading →

High Income Low Assets

The median American has less than one year’s income in savings, including retirement accounts. That sounds like just another data Continue reading →

Technology Double Bubble

Technology may be in a bubble. An interview with Robert Shiller describes two bubbles: 1) a classic technology stock bubble, Continue reading →

Data That Matters October 2015

US GDP was down from 1Q15 at 3.9% to 1.5% in 2Q15. The average American worker is paid 1/354th their Continue reading →