BLS: April JOLTS 10.1 Million!
On the heels of 4.7% core personal consumption expenditures, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, we now have the BLS releasing the April Job Opening & Labor Turnover Report and showing…
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures UP 4.7 Percent
The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation is up for April at 0.4 percent (annualized at 4.7%) despite 500% increase in the Fed funds rate so it would seem more rate…
Jaime Dimon – Gloom & Doom!
Jaime Dimon has warned everyone to prepare for 7 percent fed funds rate and pontificated on other gloom and doom. “We’ve never had QT before. It just started, okay? And…
Home Depot, Target, Walmart & Foot Locker
What can we learn from the most recent quarterly earnings report Home Depot, Target, Walmart & Foot Locker? Let’s take a look at Home Depot: Home Depot also revised its…
The ‘Forever Labor Shortage’
We came across an article from Business Insider that points out what we’ve been writing about for some time and we highly recommend you read it. Here is a quote:…
BLS: April CPI
The BLS released their Consumer Price Index report for April today and despite a 500 basis point increase in the central bank rate we still have 5 percent inflation. The…
The Fed vs JOLTS & Social Security Projections
With the March jobs report coming in hot last week we wanted to take a look at the effect of the Fed Funds rate against the JOLTS reports for the…
Fed, JOLTS & Stock Charts
It’s been an extreme week of near bank failures, JOLTS reports and our updated stock collapse chart comparisons so let’ get started. The Fed raised interest rates by a quarter…
Labor Shortages: Maryland
The State of Maryland has a motto of “Strong deeds, Gentle Words” but perhaps it should just be “We Don’t Have Nurses.” From CBSNews: University of Maryland Medical System, at…
Consequences of Labor Shortage: Stranded Towns
In May of 2022 we wrote, “The Future Is Slow” where we outlined how depletion of labor across America would have serious consequences resulting in the “slowing” of business activity,…