LinkUp Forecasting Gain of 165,000 Jobs in May
I am out this week but want to get this posted before the May jobs report tomorrow morning. Based...
Category: Diggings
The Job Market Is in Rough Shape and Likely to Get Worse in the Months Ahead
With the growing onslaught of insanity these days, it’s nearly impossible to know where to begin. And not only...
LinkUp Forecasting a Net Gain of 50,000 Jobs in April As Labor Demand & Job Growth Remain Anemic
For better or worse, neither of the two primary areas of focus for this blog – labor demand data...
LinkUp Forecasting Net Gain of 35,000 Jobs in March; Openings Rose Sharply in the Month
Getting this in just under the deadline in advance of tomorrow’s jobs report for March, we’ll defer on any...
U.S. Labor Demand Dropped in February and Has Remained Stagnant Since December – Yet Another Indicator of a Defunct Job Market
It’s been a bit longer than expected since our last post, although certainly not for lack of news on...
LinkUp Forecasting That the U.S. Economy Lost 25,000 Jobs in January
It’s been yet another horrific week in Minneapolis heading into month two of the siege and occupation and despite...
“It’s Not a Celebration Until They’re All the Way Gone” – ICE Watcher in Minneapolis
As I think everybody knows by now (or should at any rate), things are horrific in Minneapolis as we...
The U.S. Economy, as a Job Creating Machine, Has Been Shut Off & Will Soon Be Hemorrhaging Jobs
What a terrifyingly insane start to 2026. Only two weeks into the new year, Venezuela is now being run...
Another Week of Weak Jobs Data
A bit late this week, but we want to get our weekly jobs numbers out before tomorrow’s jobs report...
LinkUp Forecasting a Net Loss of 25,000 Jobs In December and a Gloomy New Year
As is always the case this time of year, appropriately so to be sure, the media is flooded with...
U.S. Job Openings Fell Again in December as Labor Demand Drops 11% for the Year
Happy New Year. We’ll be publishing our non-farm payroll (NFP) forecast for December along with some commentary on the...
Job Openings Drop Again, Ending a Miserable Year For the U.S. Job Market On an Appropriately Sour Note
We’ll be posting our U.S. job vacancy data for December at the end of the week along with our...
LinkUp Weekly Job Vacancy Data Adds One Last Bit of Bad News To What Was a Miserable Job Market in 2025
We’re a bit behind in getting our weekly job vacancy data posted this week but the massive downward slide...
The U.S. Labor Market Is Weaker Than Consensus & Recession Risk Is Higher
It feels like an eternity since we’ve had a regularly scheduled ‘Jobs Week’ (remember Labor Day?) and while this...