BLS: February CPI Six Percent
The BLS reported inflation today and it is still red hot at 6 percent year over year. To put this into context, if you earn $100,000 per year, you have…
BLS JOLTS: 10.8 million Jobs Open
The BLS released the latest JOLTS report and while there was a slight decrease in job openings, the total openings are still high. The number of job openings decreased to…
January 2023 – US Top Trading Partner Inflation Check
The BLS released the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) earlier this week and it came in at a hot 6.4% and yesterday the PPI index came out today at a…
The Fed, JOLTS and Social Security Beneficiaries
The Fed hiked a quarter point today to bring the Fed funds rate to 4.5% to 4.75% and Powell mentioned that goods inflation was coming down however services inflation is…
BLS: December CPI
The BLS released their December Consumer Price Index and the data shows some progress but problems still persist. Let’s take a look: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers…
BLS JOLTS: 10.5 Million Jobs Open
The BLS released their JOLTS report today and it doesn’t show what the Federal Reserve expected it to show – a decline in job openings. The number of job openings…
BLS: November CPI 7.1 Percent
The BLS released the Consumer Price Index for November and while it dropped from 7.4 percent year over year to 7.1 percent year over year, the number is still too…
BLS: November PPI 7.4 Percent YoY
BLS reported Producer Price Index and it continues to be stubbornly high. The Producer Price Index for final demand advanced 0.3 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of…
BLS: Inflation at 7.7 Percent
The BLS released October inflation report and the market is cheering 7.7 percent inflation. We took the opportunity to sell into this rally so we’ll be updating our portfolio positions…
BLS: Productivity & Costs
The BLS released productivity and costs report and it show labor costs increased 3.5% year over year impacted by a 1.3 percent decrease in productivity. Unit labor costs in the…