Tagged: unemployment

April 6, 2021

The U.S. Labor Market In A Pandemic

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has had time to crunch the numbers of the U.S. labor market for calendar year 2020 and the official data are coming out. Prior to March 2020, the U.S. labor market was on fire. From...

Employment Trends In The Time Of COVID-19

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October 27, 2020

Employment Trends In The Time Of COVID-19

It would be a bit of an understatement to say the COVID-19 has changed employment across America in 2020. Back in April unemployment peaked at 14.7% with over 23 million people unemployed (not 40 million as the mainstream media continues...

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August 18, 2020

COVID-19: The Fall And Rise Of Jobs

COVID-19 has put a lot of people out of work. In many cases states and jurisdictions have forbidden certain businesses from operating, which obviously makes it hard to stay employed if you work at that business. In other cases businesses...

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May 12, 2020

A Geographic Look At Unemployment From Coronavirus

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. was in it’s strongest job market in 50 years. In January I wrote about the incredible bull market that dominated the last decade. The spectacular rising curve of equities in the past 10 years...

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January 11, 2019

Unemployment Is All Over The Map

The unemployment rate in America hit 3.7% in September 2018, the lowest since 1969. The economy is strong. Sure, it’s easy to cherry pick articles that claim it’s meaningless since so many people are “out of the labor force”, but...