How to Read the Employment Report (Part 2)

The monthly employment report is actually two employment reports.  One covers payroll employment, the other household employment.  The Unemployment Rate comes out of the household survey.  Interpreting changes in that number requires careful examination. The Bureau of...

How to read the Employment Report (Part 1)

One of the most important pieces of economic information to appear each month is the level of Nonfarm Payroll employment.  It is also one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted statistics out there. On Friday September 7, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released...