Showing posts with label Employment participation rate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Employment participation rate. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Assessing the health of US labor markets remains a challenge

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We continue to see debate around the trajectory of US labor markets. Measures such as the employment-population ratio have completely dive...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

Has the Great Recession created behavioral changes in the labor markets?

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The US civilian unemployment rate, which clocked at 7.2% last month, has been declining at the fastest rate in nearly two decades. The foc...
Friday, November 2, 2012

The latest jobs number - a deeper dive

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Guest post by Lee Adler ( The Wall Street Examiner ) The BLS today reported a gain of 171,00 in nonfarm payrolls. The actual, not seaso...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Beveridge curve shows a structural shift in US employment dynamics

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The Beveridge curve , developed in the UK back in 1958, compares job vacancies as a fraction of total labor force with the unemployment ra...
Friday, June 1, 2012

A hidden surprise in the US employment report

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Today's employment report brought with it all sorts of negative economic surprises, creating a sharp drop in the Citi Economic Surpris...
Monday, April 9, 2012

The flatlining of the Employment to Population Ratio

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Last Friday's poor employment number was a reminder that the US employment picture remains fragile. In spite of the abysmally low numb...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Quarter of the workforce dropouts go on disability

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As discussed in the recent post on low employment ratio in the US, declining labor participation continues to be an issue. The chart bel...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Employment participation rate shows a troubling trend

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One reason to remain cautious on the recent strength in the US employment indicators is the rapid decline in the employment participation ...