by Administrator | Sep 25, 2018 | No Spin News
This is the chart on wages. The news is still not good. And, if you look at the table, the news is actually a bit bad. We are moving sideways. Which is better than going down. So, to the extent that there is progress on wage income, it is all coming from people...
by Administrator | Sep 24, 2018 | No Spin News
One of the most reliable indicators of our position in the business cycle is the seen here. When we go through 1% (the red line) from above is when we expect to see the next business cycle peak. Subscribe now!
by Administrator | Sep 21, 2018 | No Spin News
Trucking employment turned in its second best month-to-month gain of the year in August. The question now is whether this event is a harbinger of the confirmation of the anecdotal evidence about firms wanting to hire more workers, or whether it is just a one-off. As...
by Administrator | Sep 19, 2018 | No Spin News
Construction hiring was broadly based. While most of the 23,000 person gain was produced by increased hiring in specialty trade contractors (the people who finish buildings), there were also healthy gains in construction of both residential and nonresidential building...
by Administrator | Sep 18, 2018 | No Spin News
Those who want make a big deal out of the fact that this number was down are cautioned to cool their jets (a technical term). When you look at the details of what happened here what you see is a bunch (another technical term) of small changes that net out to -3,000....