The number of salaried workers, which excludes self-employed, decreased to levels seen in the third quarter of 2022. The annual percent change registered a negative number (-1% on an annual basis) only […]
Federal Reserve Officials’ concerns about the overheated labor market may be over. The focus now is on prices. Recent data on inflation suggests that the monetary policy effect on shelter prices is […]
Core Inflation remains over the Federal Reserve Target 2% mostly driven by Cost of Shelter. However, Cost of Shelter shows a lagged effect from monetary tightening. It is a matter of time and […]
The US economy is keeping track on a healthy and sound equilibrium as hiring, workers, and unemployment show encouraging data. On June 2024 the 4.1% US Unemployment Rate shows little change as […]
Employees quitted jobs at a lower pace gearing up for the summer 2024. Current BLS Quits Data could have spillovers on Monetary Policy, Mortgages, and Remote Work. Voluntary separations from employment went […]
Fear of increasing inflation in the U.S. appear to be the trigger behind the market volatility of previous weeks. Recent gains in hourly compensation to workers have had analysts measuring the effect […]
The stock market seems to be returning to the old normal of higher levels of volatility. I suggested on Tuesday that former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan’s comments could have brought back volatility by triggering […]
On February 5th, 2018, Dow Jones index fell 1,175 points after the trading day. Four economic scenarios are being analyzed in the news as of the first week of February 2018. First, […]
The US economy added 228,000 new jobs in November of 2017 and analysts rush to assess the state of the economy as “STRONG.” Although the job reports are indeed good indicators of […]
The US Holiday Season started with high anxiety for the Retail Industry as online retailers registered high volume of sales on Black Friday 2017. Pre-holiday season reports signaled not much change in […]
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