Job Openings

January 7, 2026 The  Labor Department reported that job openings fell 303 thousand in November after having fallen 209 thousand in October after jumping 431 thousand in September.  It has been bouncing  around in recent months but it is about where it was in the...

ADP Employment

January 7, 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...

Average Duration of Unemployment

December 16, 2025 The average duration of unemployment fell0.6 week in November to 23.0 weeks after having declied 0.5 week in October.   That works out to an average duration of unemployment of about six months. It appears that unemployed workers are having a...