Daily Brief: 7.3 Million Jobs Are Open. Where Are the Workers?
7.3M job openings, 162K new payrolls, but a quit rate near historic lows. The U.S. labor market is healthy on paper — so why won't anyone move? This...
Daily Brief: OASI Trust Fund Hits Q4 2032 Depletion Date — 22% Benefit Cut Looms Six Years Out
Social Security's retirement trust fund is now projected to run dry by Q4 2032, one quarter sooner than last year. The 75-year shortfall swelled to...
Daily Brief: 7.3 Million Job Openings Meet 349,000 Missing Construction Workers — The Labor Shortage Isn’t Going Anywhere
JOLTS shows 7.3M openings against 5.1M hires. Construction needs 349,000 workers. Manufacturing's humming. The structural labor shortage persists — and...
Daily Brief: Quits Rate Hits 1.9% as 7.3M Openings and a Worker Shortage Leave the Labor Market Frozen
The quits rate hit 1.9% — the lowest in a decade — as 7.3M openings, a frozen labor force, and 349K needed construction workers reveal a market that...
Daily Brief: America’s Labor Pool Is Shrinking — 7.4M Jobs, But Nobody to Fill Them
LFPR hits 61.4%, the lowest non-pandemic rate since 1976. 7.4M job openings face a shrinking workforce. Inside the numbers on who's leaving, why, and...
Daily Brief: Payrolls Go Negative as 7.4M Openings Sit Unfilled — the Labor Shortage Isn’t Going Anywhere
July payrolls went negative for the first time in years while 7.4M job openings went unfilled. The labor shortage is a supply problem, not demand.
Daily Brief: Social Security’s OASI Fund Runs Dry in 2032 — Six Years to a 22% Cut
Social Security turned 91 with six years to go: OASI's depletion date moved up to Q4 2032, leaving a $270B cash deficit and a 22% cut looming.
Daily Brief: 61.4% — The Vanishing American Worker and the Participation Crisis Nobody Can Fix
The labor force shrank by 264,000 workers in July while 7.4M job openings sit unfilled. The participation rate hit 61.4% — a near 5.5-year low. This...
Daily Brief: 7.6M Job Openings and Nobody to Fill Them — The Labor Shortage That Won’t Quit
With 7.6M job openings, 349K construction workers needed in 2026, and labor force participation at a 5-year low, America's structural labor shortage is...
Daily Brief: 7.6 Million Job Openings, 61.5% Participation, and a Workforce That’s Getting Older
America has 7.6M job openings and exactly 1 unemployed person per opening. Construction needs 349K workers. Here's why the labor shortage is now a...