By Lisa Irving
BLS February Report – Wages Stagnant The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported last week that jobs rose by 678,000 and unemployment fell to 3.8% in February. Many in the media pounced on these numbers, predicting that the labor market will return to pre-pandemic levels this summer. A troubling aspect of the report, however, is … Continued
By Lisa Irving
Analysts across the board lauded the better than expected “Bureau of Labor Statistics” October jobs report that was released last week. That report, showing 531,000 job additions (when 450,000 job gains were predicted) also included some upward revisions to prior months, after very disappointing August and September job numbers. According to many, this upswing in … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Southwest border encounters are at an all-time high, interior enforcement is at a ten-year low, illegal presence in the United States is no longer enough to warrant removal, and new restrictions on workplace enforcement against illegal workers are going into effect. David Shor has advice for Democrats: Don’t talk about it. The data scientist isn’t … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Most Americans favor policies that improve their wages, their access to meaningful work, and their ability to own a home and keep their families together. An immigration policy with these goals in mind would help. But as David Leonhardt puts it in his newsletter, “the elite’s misunderstanding of popular opinion” leads (or misleads) politicians – … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
Brian Norris and Anita Kumar join the throng of political observers noting the palatable absence of immigration during the 2020 campaign: Immigration dominated the 2016 presidential campaign, but Joe Biden’s promise during the second debate to “within a hundred days … send to the United States Congress a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million … Continued
By Christy Shaw
Remember this conversation from just a few weeks ago? Seems Jonah Goldberg will get that last laugh since he thought Trump’s election was “a remote possibility” but he posed the question “What if Trump were re-elected thanks to the support from Hispanics?” Here’s what Goldberg wrote on September 11. “The biggest worry for the Biden … Continued
By Eric Ruark
The headlines on May 3 blared the news that 263,000 new jobs were created in April. This figure comes from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of employers. Based on the results of this survey, the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts out a monthly report that includes the number of people added or subtracted from … Continued
By Roy Beck
The government jobs report today estimated that {text}new ones were created in the U.S. during March. Over the last three months, the average has been above 180,000 a month. That sounds pretty good . . . until you consider that our federal government seems to be much more intent on adding more foreign workers monthly … Continued
By Eric Ruark
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly job numbers this morning. We’ve made the point before that major media outlets cover BLS figures superficially, only reporting the number of jobs created each month and the official unemployment rate (U-3). By those measures, August 2018 was a very good month. Nonfarm payrolls grew by 201,000 … Continued
