Part Time Employment Gets Full Time Attention

Part time employment has become a frequent topic of debate in the financial media. Earlier this week, I published a Special Report for my subscribers on the recent performance of the major measures of part time employment.   I had intended to follow up with a brief...

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...