Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2026. Some of these questions concern real estate (inventory, house prices, housing starts, new home sales), and I…
At the end of each year, I post Ten Economic Questions for the following year (2025). I followed up with a brief post on each question. Here is review (we don't have all data yet - and some data is …
The headline jobs number in the November employment report was slightly above expectations, however August and September were revised down by 33,000 - and the initial October report indicates 105,000…
The headline jobs number in the August employment report was below expectations and June and July payrolls were revised down by 21,000 combined. A weak report. The participation rate increased, the …
The headline jobs number in the July employment report was below expectations and May and June payrolls were revised down by 258,000 combined. A weak report. The participation rate and the employmen…
The headline jobs number in the June employment report was above expectations and April and May payrolls were revised up by 16,000 combined. The participation rate decreased, the employment popul…
The headline jobs number in the May employment report was slightly above expectations, however, March and April payrolls were revised down by 95,000 combined. The participation rate and the employm…
The headline jobs number in the April employment report was above expectations, however, February and March payrolls were revised down by 58,000 combined. The participation rate and the employment …
The headline jobs number in the March employment report was above expectations, however, January and February payrolls were revised down by 48,000 combined. The participation rate increased, the em…
The headline jobs number in the February employment report was slightly below expectations, and December and January payrolls were revised down by 2,000 combined. The participation rate and the emp…