The week ending on 2024-08-31 registered a preliminary number of 227,000 new claims. The US Department of Labor’s reported number is significantly lower than its previous ten weeks running average of 234,545. […]
Now is the time for labor market analysts to turn to qualitative data insights. Survey data keeps pouring in, showing a resilient labor market that seems to be contradictorily weathering low expectations […]
Job separations were not any greater than any other July since 2010 – except for the pandemic years. Bureau of Labor Statistics JOLTS data release (September 4th, 2024) shed light on July’s […]
The balance of risks of the Federal Reserve dual mandate remains on the price stabilization side (mostly from wage inflation). July’s uptick in the Unemployment Rate, along with the Unemployment Insurance Claims […]
Inflation remained persistently sticky during July 2024. Reported Data on Headline Inflation for the month read at 2.84 percent change on over-the-year basis. Change over-the-month totaled 0.15 percent. The current over-the-year change […]
Despite recent labor market cooldown news, data show price increases may have a greater risk than unemployment rate increases. Analysts looking to understand the balance of risk within the Federal Reserve dual […]
The latest qualitative data, the Beige Book, shows flat to modest growth in economic activity across most of the US economy. The Cleveland and Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Districts informed of softening […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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