June 2024 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the June 2024 snapshot and it’s another jump in enrollments. For June 2024, there were 135,000 net new social security enrollees over the age of…
May 2024 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the May 2024 snapshot and it’s another jump in enrollments. For May 2024, there were 157,000 net new social security enrollees over the age of…
Labor Shortages: Hawaii
The summer vacation season is upon us and we like to conduct labor shortage checks BEFORE we book travel a destination. This week we looked at Hawaii and we found…
April 2024 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the April 2024 snapshot and it’s a jumbo jump in enrollments. For April 2024, there were 195,000 new social security enrollees over the age of…
Labor Shortages: Farm To Table
Two articles discussing how labor shortages are impacting farming and the eventual effect on restaurants. From Texas Standard: Diane Charlton, an associate professor at Montana State University who studies where…
March 2024 – Social Security Enrollments
The social security office released the March 2024 snapshot and it’s a huge jump in enrollments. For March 2024, there were 148,000 new social security enrollees over the age of…
Labor Shortages: The Canary In The Airline
You may have heard of the “canary in the coalmine” which was a method used by miners deep inside a mine, carrying a canary, to determine if there was toxic…
Japan, Russia, Spain In Race To Hire Foreign Workers
It’s March 2024 and the western world labor shortage continues to climb unabated. We wrote about dire consequences hitting the airlines in Labor Shortage Consequences: Aviation but the problems aren’t…
Labor Shortage Consequences: Aviation
Back in June of 2023, we wrote, “Demographics and the Airline Ecosystem” where we highlighted the massive shortage of aviation mechanics in the airline ecosystem. This past weekend, there was…
New York Community Bancorp Meltdown
The big news of the day while Fed Chair Powell was testifying before Congress about potential bank pain was the meltdown of New York Community Bancorp. The stock went down…