Initial Unemployment Claims

October 1, 2026 Initial unemployment claims fell 1 thousand in the week ending September 26 to 197 thousand after having  been unchanged in the previous week. The number of people receiving unemployment benefits declined 11 thousand in the week ending September 19 to...

ADP Employment

September 30, 2026 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

September 29, 2026 The  Labor Department reported that job openings declined 256 thousand in August to 7,070 thousand after having risen 153 thousand in July.   They are currently slightly above the 7,000 thousand level that existed prior to the recession. As shown in...