GDP Up Again; Job Growth Will Continue to Strengthen
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released Q1 2010 GDP today and it showed another increase of 3.2%. This follows on the heels of the Q4 2009 GDP increase of 5.6% and a Q3 2009 GDP increase of 2.2%....
View ArticleBLowout Jobs Report: +290,000 Jobs in April
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the April Employment Situation Report today, which showed an Establishment Survey gain of 290,000 jobs, of which 66,000 were census hires. The Household...
View ArticleA Horrible Jobs Report (only 20,000 non-census jobs)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released today the May 2010 Employment Situation Report and it showed (even sans census) a horrible report for the month. The headline Establishment Survey jobs...
View ArticleThe Employment Situation and a Look to the Second Half
The Employment Situation Report was just released and it showed a loss of 125,000 in the Establishment Survey and a 301,000 loss in the Household Survey. The Household Survey also showed that the U-3...
View ArticleNon-Census Employment Up by 12,000 Jobs in July
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released the Employment Situation Report for July 2010. This report showed a loss of 131,000 in the Establishment Survey (the survey of businesses), with a...
View Article60,000 Non-Census Jobs Gained; Unemployment at 9.6%
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released the Employment Situation Report for August 2010. This report showed a loss of (54,000) in the Establishment Survey (the survey of businesses), with...
View Article+151,000 Jobs in October: Unemployment Rate at 9.6%
The BLS released the October Employment Situation today and it showed a gain of 151,000 jobs (with 159,000 being private sector gains). The unemployment rate *U-3) was unchanged at 9.6% and the U-6...
View ArticleJobs Report: Stick a Fork in the Doomers, they are Done.
Today's job report (BLS) should stick a fork in all the doomer hyperbole that seems to have a death grip over logic here recently. The report (and especially the revisions) show an economy that is...
View ArticleAnother Good Jobs Report: The Obama Economy is Doing Well
The BLS just released the jobs report for June 2013 and it beat expectations and included significant upward revisions to prior months. The Establishment Survey showed a total increase of 195,000 jobs...
View ArticleBlowout Jobs Report: +204k
The BLS released the employment situation summary for October today and it was a blowout report all around. The headline number showed (seasonally adjusted) job creation of 204k (with 212k private...
View ArticleNew Reuters Poll, No Hispanics?
A new Reuters poll was released today that appears to show Trump only a point behind Clinton over their rolling poll period (41.3% to Clinton, 40% to Trump, with 18.7% undecided). Reuters includes a...
View ArticleThis May be the Ad that Takes Down Trump
The new ad by Priorities USA, speaks to virtually everyone who knows someone who has a disability (which in today’s USA is practically everyone) and really goes to the heart of the Trump temperament...
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