Americans Economic Anxieties Increase

The US economy is getting better, or at least the data suggest that. More Americans disagree. Unemployment is down. Wages Continue reading →

US Jobs Report September 2016

The good news: The US economy added 156,000 jobs in September and wages rose by $0.06 per hour. The not Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2016

The US economy added 151,000 jobs in August, 2016. Government debt as a percentage of GDP now exceeds 100%. Cities Continue reading →

Extreme Long Term Unemployment

Unemployment is down. Celebrate that. For those 151,000 people who got jobs in August it was good news. Within the Continue reading →

US Jobs August 2016

The good and the bad news is that employment and unemployment didn’t change much in the US in August. Unemployment Continue reading →

Data That Matters August 2016

Every $1 increase in the US minimum wage there would be 518 fewer pre-natal deaths. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose Continue reading →

US Job Satisfaction Up

Gallup’s “Good Jobs Employment” measure hit a six year high of 47.1% in July. The number of employees working more Continue reading →

US Jobs Report July 2016

Here are the official numbers: “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 255,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at Continue reading →