Labor Shortages In 2032 & Today
The HR Digest had two interesting articles on labor shortages. The first is an article on a report from Lightcast which projects a deficiency of 6 million workers by 2032.…
FDIC Insurance Historical Coverage
We’ve not been posting much economic data because we’ve been captivated by the banking system and FDIC insurance coverage. Have you ever wondered why FDIC insurance coverage isn’t adjusted for…
Economy: Good or Bad?
We’ve been trying to make heads or tails of this economy. Passenger screenings at TSA are way up over last year. Does this look like a bad economy? Well what…
Case-Shiller Home Price Index & Forecasting
The Case-Shiller Home Price index is out at SPGlobal.com and you can review the latest information but we wanted to model a forecast so we created a couple of charts.…
Weekly Jobless Claims 231,000
The weekly jobless claims have finally spiked up to 231k and we are wondering if this is the beginning of the next economic downturn phase. From CNBC: Initial filings for…
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…
Dissonance Growflation
In trying to understand where the U.S. economy right now, we are hearing the term “stagflation” a great deal but we think this is the wrong word. Let’s start with…
BLS: Non-Farm Payroll Up 336,000
The BLS released their non-farm payroll report and it shows a whopping increase of 336,000 jobs and 3.8% unemployment and this was on the heels of a JOLTS report that…
We’re At Peak Boomer Retirements
Investor’s has a great article on reaching ‘peak boomer’ whereby the bulk of the baby boomer generation is now hitting age 65. From Investors.com: According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s…
China Demographics In News
Both CNBC and the Wall Street Journal have articles highlighting China’s demographic problem and what it means to the global community. From CNBC: China is facing a demographic problem and…