Average Duration of Unemployment

April 3, 2025 The average duration of unemployment fell 0.4 week in March  to 25.3 weeks after having jumped 2.0 weeks in February.   That works out to an average duration of unemployment of about six months. It appears that unemployed workers are having a somewhat...

ADP Employment

April 1, 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

March 31, 2026 The  Labor Department reported that job openings fell 358 thousand in February to 6,882 thousand after jumping 690 thousand in January  The number of job openings has been fairly steady  in recent months..  The pace of economic activity has remained...