BLS: September JOLTS Report
The BLS released their JOLTS report today and job opening INCREASED from the prior month. The Fed has been aggressively raising rates to cool the economy but there are now…
The Inflation Hurricane Continues
The BLS released their economic cost index summary yesterday and it shows that wage inflation is still climbing aggressively. In a world where most firms give 2% to 3% raises,…
BLS: August 2022 Inflation Check
The BLS released the PPI and CPI data this week and both were troubling. The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.4 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the U.S.…
Covid Over But Healthcare Costs Just Getting Started
While the cost of energy, oil, gas and electricity make headlines everyday, very few people are talking about another big cost issue in the CPI: Healthcare. We took a look…
BLS: August 2022 JOLTS Report
The BLS released their August JOLTS Report and it shows job openings decreased to 10.1 million. The number of job openings decreased to 10.1 million on the last business day…
BLS: Inflation 8.3 Percent YoY
The BLS released August inflation report, let’s take a look: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis after…
Inflation Check: CPI 8.5 Percent / PPI 9.8 Percent
Over the last couple of days the BLS released CPI report and PPI report and both continue to be high. The CPI came in at a whopping 8.5 percent. CONSUMER…
BLS: Q2 22 Productivity Down 4.8 Percent; Labor UP 10.8 Percent
The BLS released their preliminary Productivity & Cost report and it shows productivity down 4.8 percent and labor UP 10.8 percent for 2nd quarter 2022. Nonfarm business sector labor productivity…
BLS: June JOLTS Report
The BLS released their latest JOLTS report and shows 10.7 million job openings which is a decline from the high of 11.3 million however the number is still higher than…
How Long Will Inflation Stay?
With the whopping 9.1 inflation report yesterday, we decided to take a look and try to figure out how long inflation may be here to stay. Fortunately, Finance Yahoo had…