1. Introduction: Recent events in U.S. policing have once again heightened awareness of the use of excessive force. From the early days of the Black Lives Matter movement to recent fatal encounters […]
AI Use Case: The Impact of Training on Police Misconduct Rates
Summer 2025 Labor Market starts with weakening signals from Unemployment Insurance Claims
Econometricus’ Unemployment tracker shows a large increase in Unemployment Insurance Claims. The latest data available (published on 2025-04-01) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on both Labor Force Participation and Number of Unemployed People, the […]
No significant changes on US Inflation Data (April 2025)
Reported Data on Headline Inflation for the month of April read at 0.22 on over the month change basis while, 2.281 percent on a yearly change basis. The Consumer Price Index increased […]
How to Estimate U.S. County Level Unemployment Rates?
County level unemployment rates are estimated by applying the following formula to data collected from different sources: Unemployment Rate = Number of Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims + Number of Unemployed People / […]
Tracking Unemployment Trends: Weekly Claims Jump to 241,000
Signals of recession in the US intensified late this weeks with concerning news from GDP growth and Unemployment Insurance Claims climbing to slow-winter seasons levels. Econometricus’ Unemployment Rate Nowcast tracks Unemployment Insurance […]
Introducing the LLM-Less Software Application
At Econometricus, we think that one of the paths forward for AI (LLM Realm) is the LLM-Less AI Software Application. That is, software that leverages Natural Language Processing without the LLM’s computational-expensive […]
Unemployment Insurance Claims still within Safe Territory: week of April 19th
Recent stock and trade tariff turmoil have analyst measuring impact on the overall US economy. Econometricus will keep on tracking one of the first indicators on the labor market: Unemployment Insurance Claims. […]
Very Low Level of Unemployment Insurance Claims (week of 2025-04-12)
Considering the latest data available (published on 2025-03-01) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on both Labor Force Participation and Number of Unemployed People, the Unemployment Rate Now-cast reads at 4.28 percent. […]
Households ease expectations about high prices
Alleviating numbers on inflation perceptions were released last week by the US Census Bureau showing American households’ fears of sticky high prices did not increase in the short term. Census Bureau surveyors […]
Strong Labor Market Data without visibility on the market weaknesses
The US Unemployment Rate remained almost unchanged at 4.1% during September 2024 according to data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The factors driving the monthly change were largely the […]
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