
The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-October 2019 Jobs Release
Policymakers and economists must consider the gaps across regions, job sectors, races and ethnicities, and age groups when assessing the health of the economy.
Policymakers and economists must consider the gaps across regions, job sectors, races and ethnicities, and age groups when assessing the health of the economy.
The U.S. government can and should strengthen automatic stabilizers to mitigate the next recession’s worst effects when they come.
Top-line job numbers only tell part of the story; policymakers should focus on how most workers and families are experiencing the economy.
This week, Daniella and Ed speak with Darrick Hamilton, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University, to discuss the U.S. economy, inequality, and reparations.
Policymakers and economists need to consider populations that face high labor market barriers when evaluating the health of the labor market.
Making smarter investments than in the past can create a stronger economy and healthier middle class.
When considering the economic priorities of the new year, it is essential that analysts and policymakers take into account a variety of indicators instead of overstating the health of the economy.
The Federal Reserve should calibrate policy toward maximizing the health of an economy that is still recovering for many people.
Despite working as much or more than white families, Latinx families have less wealth.
Evaluations of the health of the labor market should center the challenges of Latinas and other populations that face high labor market barriers.
Although the economy is doing well in the aggregate, a closer look at the employment situation for American youth tells a different story.
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of August. Here’s how teachers are faring.
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of April. Here are some labor market indicators to watch.
Despite recent gains, disabled workers are still much more likely to struggle economically than their nondisabled counterparts, and keeping interest rates low may help them.
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of February. Here are some labor market indicators to watch.
States were devastated by the financial crisis, and Congress should not plant the seeds of the next one through deregulation.
Before Valentine's Day, the authors focus on the economic outcomes of single, cohabiting, and married individuals.
We went to Indiana to ask a Carrier worker—who has seen his company slash jobs despite receiving a $7 million tax break on top of $57 billion in profits in 2016—whether corporate tax cuts help American workers.
Prime-age Latinas make 57 cents to a prime-age white man’s dollar.
Too many families are being left behind as a record-high share of income goes to the top.
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of August. Here are some labor market indicators to watch.
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of June. Here are some labor market indicators to watch.
What does the labor market look like for fathers?
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of April. Here are some labor market indicators to watch.
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of March. Here are some labor market indicators to watch.
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of February. Here are some labor market indicators to watch.
The Employment Situation Summary demonstrates how having a clear picture of the labor market guides good fiscal and monetary policy. For example, women face different labor market conditions than men.
The Fed raised interest rates in December, but tax cut plans are pushing the Fed to slow the economy down even as the labor market continues to find room to grow.
The Fed left rates unchanged in November, but the risk of a premature end-of-the-year rate hike is increasing.
The Fed left rates unchanged in October, but the risk of a premature end-of-the-year rate hike is increasing.
The Fed kept rates steady in September, but the risk of a premature rate hike is increasing.
In honor of back-to-school season, this column takes a look at the U.S. teen labor market.
Labor market outlooks should consider inequities, especially before an interest rate hike.
Fed decision-making may rest with the June jobs report.
Labor market improvements should not make a rate hike a foregone conclusion.
The economy is showing consistent job growth with wages still lagging.
Workers are finding jobs, but most still need a raise.
Labor market indicators show a healthy economy that has room to grow.
Labor market indicators show a healthy economy that has room to grow.
Labor market indicators show a healthy economy that has room to grow.
A nonshallow dive into the labor market indicators pool shows a healthy economy with plenty of room to grow.
Public policies that support middle-class families can strengthen the economic recovery.
Here are six charts on the economy six years after the Great Recession.
Lawmakers should strengthen the economic recovery through policies that support middle-class families.
Here are six charts on the economy six years after the Great Recession.
Congress can and should act to strengthen the economy in order to boost the economic fortunes of middle-class families.
Here are six charts on the economy six years after the Great Recession.
America’s middle class deserves a shot at real economic security, and it is about time that policymakers make it happen.
Here are six charts on the economy six years after the Great Recession.
Middle-class economic stability for all is the key to stronger economic growth and should be front and center on policymakers’ agendas.
Here are six charts on the economy six years after the Great Recession.
Policymakers need to create real economic security by fighting the twin evils of massive income inequality and anemic economic growth.
Here are six charts on the economy six years after the Great Recession.
Policymakers need to build on successes of past progressive policies by implementing measures that raise wages and boost productivity growth.
Last month’s employment report serves as a reminder that we are far from the healthy economy Americans need.
Policymakers need to build on successes of past progressive policies by implementing measures that raise wages and boost productivity growth.
The labor market has been improving faster than other economic indicators, but that trend looks less strong after March’s employment report.
Broader economic indicators show that today’s economy carries historically low growth in wages and considerable room for more employment growth.
Policymakers need to build on successes of past progressive policies by implementing measures that raise wages and boost productivity growth.
For the Fed, raising interest rates is all about levels and changes.
Despite an improving labor market, other indicators show that we are far from the healthy economy Americans need.
Policymakers need to build on successes of past progressive policies by implementing policies that raise wages and boost productivity growth.
January’s strong employment release report had only positive news, and that should be a good thing, right? That depends on how the Fed responds, which could turn good news into bad news.
Despite an improving labor market, other indicators show that we are far from the healthy economy Americans need.
With U.S. GDP growth so dependent on consumer spending, there is reason for concern, despite positive numbers.
Americans are still waiting for an economy that works for everyone, rather than a lucky few.
The U.S. economy has added 11.2 million private-sector jobs in the expansion since February 2010, but wages are still going nowhere.
Despite an improving labor market, other indicators show that we are far from the healthy economy Americans need.
Economic data show that it is time for an economy that works for everyone and not just the wealthy few.
Everybody liked the November jobs report, let’s hope the signs of wage growth are not a blip but the start of a new trend.
Despite an improving labor market, other indicators show that the United States is a long way from attaining the healthy economy that Americans need.
This month’s economic data shows that it’s time for an economy that works for everyone and not just the wealthy few.
The economy continues to grow and add jobs at a healthy pace; unfortunately, the uptick in wages has yet to arrive.
Despite an improving labor market, other indicators show that we are far from the healthy economy Americans need.
The third quarter’s GDP numbers show that the economy is returning to normal growth, but we may never make up what we lost.
Congress needs to play its part in building a postrecession economy for everyone and not just the wealthy few.
With the pace of job creation increasing, communities of color are finally feeling effects of the recovery, but the wages of all working Americans still remain stagnant.
Economic indicators show that our economy isn’t cutting it for American workers.
New economic data shows that post-recession gains continue to go to the wealthiest while the middle class continues to be squeezed.
Nearly 40 percent of new jobs concentrated in low-wage industries.
Economic indicators show that our economy isn’t cutting it for American workers.
As we approach Labor Day, Congress needs to cut the party-line bickering and refocus its efforts on policies that help American workers.
Despite positive job numbers, the U.S. labor market still faces long-term quality and quantity problems.
Despite an improving labor market, other indicators show that we are far from the healthy economy Americans need.
Despite an improving labor market, Congress needs to do more to create opportunity for all American families.
June was perhaps the best month for the labor market since the recession and caps off a stronger first half of 2014. With 9.5 million Americans looking for work, we will need more months like this to get our economy back to where it belongs.
Five years after the Great Recession, conservative lawmakers continue to stifle our economy and the middle class.
The latest U.S. labor numbers show that unemployment is holding steady with 217,000 jobs created in May, but more workers find themselves stuck in low-wage jobs.
Despite a broken Congress, the president can still push progressive policies to help strengthen the middle class.
Despite faster job growth, labor-market sentiment remains grim as 800,000 leave labor force.
There’s much more to unemployment than the unemployment rate. Unfortunately, the rest of the statistics we have on the labor market paint a much bleaker picture and show a need for action from policymakers.
Progressive policies similar to the Affordable Care Act can lay the foundation for stronger growth and help those most in need.
Slack demand, not demographics, drives low labor-force participation.
There’s much more to unemployment than the unemployment rate. Unfortunately, the rest of the statistics we have on the labor market paint a much bleaker picture and show a need for action from policymakers.
Reauthorizing emergency unemployment benefits can stabilize families and jobs.
In the fifth year of recovery, policymakers must create an economy that works for everyone.
Failure to extend emergency unemployment insurance will further harm the already fragile labor market.
To help the middle class and create jobs, Congress should pass a one-year extension of unemployment benefits and raise the federal minimum wage.
Despite the addition of 204,000 new jobs, more than half pay low wages and offer little room for career advancement.