by sslifer | Sep 9, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
September 9, 2020 The Labor Department reported that job openings rose 10.3% in July to 6,619 thousand after climbing 11.7% in June and 7.5% in May, but after having declined 16.9% in April and 14.2% in March. As the economic expansion gathers momentum the number...
by sslifer | Sep 9, 2020 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
September 9, 2020 Gasoline prices at the retail level fell $0.01 in the week ending September 7 to $2.21 per gallon. After hitting bottom at $1.77 in the week of April 27, gasoline prices have been rising steadily. In South Carolina gasoline prices tend to about...
by sslifer | Sep 8, 2020 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
September 8, 2020 Small business optimism rose 1.4 points in August to 100.2 after having declined 1.8 points in July. But this series fell a total of 13.6 points in March and April. Seven of the 10 index components improved in August, 2 declined, and 1 was...
by sslifer | Sep 4, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
September 4, 2020 Private sector employment rose 1,027 thousand in August after increasing 1,481 thousand in July, 4,729 thousand in June, and 3,236 thousand in May, after having plunged by 19,835 thousand jobs in April and 1,335 thousand in March. Given the sharp...
by sslifer | Sep 4, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
September 4, 2020 Payroll employment rose 1,371 thousand in August after increasing 1,734 thousand in July, 4,781 thousand in June, and 2,725 thousand in May, after having plunged by 20,787 thousand jobs in April and 1,352 thousand in March. Given the sharp drop in...
by sslifer | Sep 4, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
September 4, 2020 The unemployment rate fell 1.8% in August to 8.4% after having fallen 0.9% in July, 2.2% in June and 1.4% in May, after having jumped 10.3 percentage points in April from 4.4% to 14.7%. The labor force jumped by 968 thousand in August. Employment...
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