Average Duration of Unemployment

May 2, 2025 The average duration of unemployment rose 0.4 week in April to 23.2 weeks after 1.5 weeks in March,  It appears that unemployed workers are having a somewhat more difficult time becoming reemployed than they were six months or so ago. Stephen Slifer...

ADP Employment

April 30, 2025 As shown above the ADP survey shows a respectable correlation with the private sector portion of the payroll employment data to be released a couple of days later.  And well it should.  ADP, or Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is a provider of...

Job Openings

April 29, 2025 The  Labor Department reported that job openings declined 288 thousand in March to 7,192 thousand after having fallen 282 thousand in February.   The pace of economic activity has remained relatively solid while the labor market has softened very...