Average Duration of Unemployment

February 7, 2025 The average duration of unemployment fell 1.7 weeks to 22.0 in January after increasing 0.1 week in December,  It appears that unemployment workers are having a somewhat more difficult time becoming reemployed than they were six months or so ago....

ADP Employment

February 5, 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

February 4, 2025 The  Labor Department reported that job openings declined 556 thousand in December to 7,600 thousand after having risen 317 thousand in November.   The pace of economic activity has remained solid while the labor market has softened very gradually. ...