employment – ricardian ambivalence

When +50k is -5k (maybe)

Getting right to the point, my view is that the Feb 2014 jobs report is bunkum. The survey is not

The Jan 2014 labour market report was BAD. The unemployment rate rose to 6% — exceeding the GFC peak —

There are some interesting stories in the October employment data. The macro news isn’t great, but the good(ish) news is that

These three charts summarise the state of the labour market — and the September employment report. The good news is

The May gross flows data suggests an ossifying labour market: if you have a job, you are more likely to

When it comes to the labour market survey, I mostly focus on the rates: the unemployment rate (see here for

The April employment report has led the the predictable ‘we was robbed’ response from many of those who got the