According to the Bureau of Labor Statisitcs Consumer Price Indexes, over the past twelve months the cost of food consumed at home has risen by 1.5% in the San Francisco Bay Area (which includes San Francisco and San Jose). Meanwhile in Los Angeles the same price index has fallen by 0.5%. Nationally, the U.S. City… Read more » Read More
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Payrolls Survey: Jobs Growth of 287,000 in June
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ June Payroll Survey reported a seasonally adjusted gain of 287,000 jobs, 265,000 in the private sector. Read More
Unemployment Rate rose in June to 4.9%.
The Labor Force Participation rate rose to 62.7% from 62.6%.
The Employment/Population Ratio fell to 59.6% from 59.7%. Read More
Unemployment Rate fell in May to 4.7%.
The Labor Force Participation rate fell to 62.6% from 62.8%.
The Employment/Population Ratio remained unchanged at 59.7%. Read More
Payrolls Survey: Jobs below last month’s published number
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May Payroll Survey reported a seasonally adjusted gain of 38,000 jobs, 25,000 in the private sector. Read More
CPI Annual Revision
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today no change in the CPI-U All Items Index for January. However, with January 2015’s large fall dropping out of the year-year calculation, the annual inflation rate jumped from 0.67 to 1.34%. Today’s release also includes the annual revision to past data. Some reduction in seasonality can be seen… Read more » Read More
Consistent Payrolls – Confirmation
Last week’s annual benchmark revision to the Payroll Survey released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics finally removed the erroneous and significant surge that was introduced a year ago. This was the 423,000 jobs gain for November 2014 which we referred to in our Consistent Payrolls Series introduction early last year. This number was a… Read more » Read More