Number Of Unemployed US Workers Ties Record

Unemployment is down. Yay! But, the number of unemployed is at a record high. Huh? The US unemployment numbers only Continue reading →

Median Incomes Are Down For Most

Are we exiting the Great Recession or not? Yes. GDP may be back up. Unemployment is down. Wages are slightly Continue reading →

Long Term Unemployment Improves

In a bizarre bit of bureaucracy, unemployment figures in the US do not count the long term unemployed and the Continue reading →

Unemployment Is Down But

Unemployment is down to 5.5%. That was enough in the past for celebrations, but now this recovery is different. The Continue reading →

Robots Reach Beyond Factories

When machines replaced humans, humans shifted to more specialized tasks because there was more work to be done. When robots Continue reading →

Unemployment Nears Critical Positive Level

Unemployment has been dropping. Wages are just beginning to increase, which has more to do with supply and demand of Continue reading →

US Job And Wage Growth

The good news was that US unemployment has been falling for years. The bad news was the wages were stagnant. Continue reading →

Unemployment Down. Wages Flat. What?

Supply and demand drives business and much of economics. As the supply of workers becomes tighter, they should become more Continue reading →