Other more prescient leading and coincident economic indicators warn of cause for pause. More than eighteen percent of consumers’ appraisals of the labour market said jobs were “hard to get,” up from ...

The economy's ups and downs are not abstract curves on a chart, they are the backdrop for your job security, mortgage rate, investment returns and even how long your emergency fund lasts. When I talk ...

Over the past 15 years, Silicon Valley has created some of the world’s most successful companies and best-paid workers, while shedding the jobs and industries it no longer needs. As 2011 begins, the ...

The positive surprise in nonfarm payroll (NFP) employment — 379K vs Bloomberg consensus of 182K — was good news. NFP is 9.5 million lower (i.e., 6.2% lower) than the NBER peak in February 2020.

Mining Weekly: the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) says that 100 000 people will be needed by 2020 to meet anticipated production in the mining industry in Canada, and there aren't ...

Both employment and earnings are important labor market indicators and economists look at both. As discussed below, employment numbers exhibit a stronger pattern over the business cycle than earnings.

Consider the type of employment contract you want to offer. When work is for a finite period or sporadic, consideration should be given to atypical working arrangements such as self-employed ...