calculatedriskblog.com - 7/6/2009
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The following article suggests that the large number of part time workers will slow any labor recovery: ‘I don’t need to hire anybody new. I need to work my existing workers more.’ That seems to make sense, but I wondered if it has been true in previous recessions (that a large number of part ...
calculatedriskblog.com - 7/2/2009
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calculatedriskblog.com —
Note: earlier Employment post: Employment Report: 467K Jobs
Lost, 9.5% Unemployment Rate . The earlier post includes...
a comparison to previous recessions. Stress Test Scenarios Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the ...
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Unemployment: Stress Test Scenarios, Diffusion Index, ...
neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com - 7/10/2009
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neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com —
by Pavlina R. Tcherneva Last week 565,000 people
filed first time jobless claims. Although this is the...
smallest number since January 2009, it is hardly cause for celebration. The unemployment claims data is highly volatile, and numbers reported ...
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Think Unemployment Claims Show a Glimmer of Hope? Think ...
philstockworld.com - 7/9/2009
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philstockworld.com —
Courtesy of John Lounsbury : The current official
unemployment figure (9.5% for June) should be replaced (or...
at least supplemented) by a better measurement of actual unemployment. Unemployment should be measured in terms of hours worked by all employees, full-time and part-time. ...
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True Unemployment Numbers
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Little Hoovers, Part-Time Employment, and Me
The Baseline Scenario —
... As an aside, most of my legal services organization is probably now “part-time for economic reasons,” a category that now makes up more than 5% of the work force. That may or may not constitute a drag on the unemployment rate when the economy finally turns around; Calculated Risk thinks not. ...
Monday morning links
The Mess That Greenspan Made —
... Oil plunges below $64 on fears recovery may lag - AP • Wall Street's reality check - CNN/Money • Swings in Oil Price Hobble Forecasting - NY Times • Exchange-traded fund geared to hedge higher fuel prices - MarketWatch • China's precious metal reserves threatened - CHINADaily • Brief Holiday Update - Hussman Funds ECONOMY • A second half recovery is suddenly not a sure thing - MarketWatch • Unemployment Rate and Part Time Employees - Calculated Risk • Inflation: What You See and What ...
Dismal Unemployment Situation In Chart Form
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis —
... The following graph from Calculated Risk shows the unemployment rate and the percent of the civilian labor force that is working part time for economic reasons. ...
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More details to come methinks.
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paul.kedrosky.com 1/11/2009 — I have been sent this Reuters story from yesterday umpteen times, so I may as well post it, as well as the underlying graph. The gist: If unemployment were being measured the same way as it was during the Depression, the U.S. would be well on its way ...
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US Unemployment, 2004-09
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calculatedriskblog.com 6/8/2009 — These four graphs show the monthly net job losses (and gains) and the unemployment rate for each of the last four recessions and recoveries. Note: scales are not the same for all graphs, and the unemployment rate doesn't start at zero to better show ...
Weekly Unemployment Claims Portend Disaster
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 8/1/2009 — The Department of Labor Weekly Unemployment Report is now so skewed by abnormalities, it is difficult to get a clear picture. First, let's take a look at the data. Seasonally Adjusted Data In the week ending July 25, the advance figure for seasonally ...
Continuing Claims vs Economically-lagging Unemployment
ritholtz.com 5/10/2009 — Bob Bronson took a closer look at what the Unemployment data was suugesting. His view: Continuing Claims are contradicting the widely accepted view that “Less Bad Emplyment data = end of recession.”
Bronson:
“Continuing Claims ...
Unemployment Rate and Level of Education
calculatedriskblog.com 6/7/2009 — By request ... Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the unemployment rate by four level of education. And here is a graphic from the BLS based on 2008 data: Education pays ... Note that the unemployment rate has ...
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