A Decent (but Boring) Report to Round Out 2024
The U.S. economy continued to add payroll jobs at a very healthy pace last month. The data that was...
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Recruiters’ Reality is the Labor Market’s Prophecy
Co-authored by Sam Kuhn, Economist, Appcast Recruiters play a pivotal role in connecting talent with opportunity, ensuring an efficient...
Trump’s Trio: How Immigration, Tariffs, and Taxes Shape the Economy
As the dust of election uncertainty settles, a new wave of uncertainty arises: policy change. In this article, we...
Recruitonomics Swing State Election Analysis: Pennsylvania
As we explained in our Arizona piece, Trump is currently expected to win the swing states in the Sun...
Storms and Strikes Shake Up October Jobs Report, but Weakening Continues
With the U.S. election just four days away, the October jobs report could have major implications for both voters...
Recruitonomics Swing State Election Analysis: Arizona
Thanks to the electoral college, the outcome of the U.S. presidential election will very likely be determined by a...
Top Two Voter Priorities Intertwined: Immigration and the Economy
Immigration and border policy have emerged as the forefront issues in the upcoming election, with surprising bipartisan agreement: 96%...
Is This September Report the October Surprise?
Last week, Fed Chair Jay Powell said: “Overall, the economy is in solid shape; we intend to use our...
Will Lower Borrowing Costs Rekindle U.S. Manufacturing Jobs?
It’s no secret that the manufacturing sector is facing a slowdown in the U.S. Coming out of the pandemic,...
White-Collar Gloom, Blue-Collar Bloom
Following a whirlwind of labor market strength over the past few years, the labor market has cooled down considerably...
Data Revisions Subtract More Than 800,000 Jobs: What Now?
Revisions smack down job growth The U.S. economy might have created some 800,000 fewer jobs last year than what...
The Great Reallocation: Can Worker Churn Explain the Productivity Burst?
Sectoral employment shares have fluctuated wildly during the pandemic Remember when COVID-19 first took the world by storm, bringing...
Will Texas be the New California?
Texas growth miracle Texas is expanding rapidly. Its economy has been growing at a rate of more than 5%...
U.S. Labor Market Moves From Tight to Balanced
The labor market is rapidly shifting from tight to balanced as businesses have scaled back their appetite for hiring....
The Real Deal With Real Wages and Productivity
The most popular incorrect chart: The disconnect between pay and productivity The disconnect between economic reality and perceptions seems...
The Labor Market is Slowing, and That’s (Mostly) Okay
Despite a heat wave stretching across the United States causing scorching temperatures (including Plam Springs hitting 124 degrees!), June’s...