Tag Archives: labor department
Whirlwind Economics
Things may be looking up for the unemployed working stiff. After years of competing for scarce jobs with stagnant wages something extraordinary may be happening. If you can believe it, opportunity has finally come for the unemployed. According to the … Continue reading
Treadmill Economics
A day hardly goes by that doesn’t offer the unexpected. Just when we thought the economy was rolling over to take a big fall something remarkable happened… “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 288,000, and the unemployment rate fell by … Continue reading
Duct Tape Economics
The Labor Department laid a sulfurous egg last Friday. By their calculations, just 74,000 jobs were created in December. The pros thought it would be 200,000. What do they know? This marks the slightest increase since January 2011. Somehow, even … Continue reading
Tomato Economics
No one quite understands what’s going on with the economy as far as we can tell. Looking to government reports for answers doesn’t help much either. In fact, the government’s economic data actually generates more questions than answers. For instance, … Continue reading
