INFLATION RISES, WHILE JOB OPENINGS AND GROWTH SLOW -- The US labor market showed new jobs created: 187,000 – up from a downward revised 185K increase in June ...

KEEPING AN EYE ON CARGO OVER LONG HOLIDAY WEEKENDS -- Did you know that holidays are a prime time for cargo theft? With fewer people in offices and warehouses, loads sitting unaccompanied ...

INFLATION CONTINUES TO TREND DOWN, AND HOUSING COSTS CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE -- The US labor market showed new jobs created: 209,000 – down from a downward revised ...

US LABOR MARKET AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS SHOW RESILIENCE AND COMPLEXITY -- The US labor market showed marked resilience in May, surpassing expectations by adding 339,000 jobs, up from ...

LABOR PARTICIPATION REMAINED STABLE, WITH EDUCATION AND HEALTH GAINS -- The US economy added 253,000 jobs in April, up from 165K in April. As a result, the unemployment ...

CONSUMER SENTIMENT REMAINS BELOW AVERAGE EVEN AS THE JOB MARKET REMAINS STRONG -- The US economy added 236,000 jobs in March, down from 311K in February. As a result, the unemployment...

THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SHOW RESILIENCE, BUT THE MARKET REMAINS TIGHT -- The labor market continues to show resilience as we enter 2023, with the US economy creating 311,000 new jobs...

US JOB MARKET REACHED ITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 1969, WITH 517,000 NEW JOBS CREATED -- The US economy bounced back with 517,000 new jobs, representing the biggest gain in 6 months...

U.S. JOBS IN DECEMBER, AND RETAIL SALES SHOWED MIXED RESULTS. -- December saw a slight slowing of job growth, with only 223,000 new jobs added, the smallest gain in two years. Despite this ...

AMERICANS ARE SEEING DOCTORS AGAIN AND SPENDING MORE ON TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT -- The increase in employment last month was concentrated in hotels, restaurants, and ...

EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN EVERY MAJOR SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY LAST MONTH -- There are still too many job opportunities and insufficient qualified candidates to fill them, so more is needed for the Fed, which expects a ...

CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION DISSIPATED FURTHER IN SEPTEMBER -- Hotels, restaurants, and other companies in the hospitality business created new jobs, reflecting strong demand for services ...

BUSINESSES STILL HAVE A BIG APPETITE FOR LABOR -- Employment rose in health care, hotels and restaurants, retail, manufacturing, finance, and ...

THE FED INCREASED RATES ONE MORE TIME -- The unexpectedly strong jobs report will probably drive the Fed to continue to hike rates in an attempt to push down ...

GAS PRICES REACHED A RECORD HIGH -- The private sector has recovered all twenty-one million jobs lost in the pandemic’s first two months. However, the substantial gains in employment this year are unlikely to ...

THE ECONOMY IS STILL GOING STRONG DESPITE CONCERNS -- The labor market and broader economy keep going strong despite concerns about a more general economic slowdown driven by the Fed’s effort to slow demand through ...

THE ECONOMY STILL HAS PLENTY OF POWER -- The on-going shortage of labor continues and is likely to add to the already high inflation rate. The size of the labor force shrank in April for ...

INFLATION RATES SURGE -- U.S. unemployment in March decreased slightly to 3.6%, down 0.2% from last month nearing the 50-year low of 3.5% that was achieved in early 2020 ...

RETAIL SALES SLOWING BUT STILL GREATER THAN LAST YEAR -- 678,000 new jobs were created in February, dropping the U.S. unemployment in February to 3.8%, down 0.2% from last month ...

RETAIL SALES RISE BUT INFLATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN CONCERNS PERSIST -- U.S. unemployment in January increased slightly to 4.0%, up 0.1% from last month despite the economy adding 467,000 jobs in January. We are still 3.5 million positions below ...

RETAIL SALES TAKE A SHARP DROP U.S. unemployment in December dropped to 3.9%, down 0.3% from last month, and follows the trend of gradual but slow improvement. 199,000 jobs were created ...