RTO Has Stalled, There’s Been Hardly any Reduction in WFH since Early 2023 by Wolf Richter • Sep 10, 2025 • 98 Comments And there’s a big mismatch between what employers are offering and what workers want.
Annual Benchmark Payroll Revisions: Nonfarm Job Creation for 12 Months to March Chopped by 911,000, to 1.44 Million Jobs Created by Wolf Richter • Sep 9, 2025 • 63 Comments Based on employers’ quarterly payroll filings. Why wait so long for revisions? Do it quarterly!
My Thoughts about that August Jobs Report by Wolf Richter • Sep 5, 2025 • 122 Comments Federal & State Governments Shed 28,000 Jobs in August. Private-sector hiring machine slows, waiting for clarity, but layoffs remain very low.
Despite all the Shouting by the Cut-Rates-Now Crowd, Unemployment Claims Do Not Depict a “Cracking” Labor Market by Wolf Richter • Sep 4, 2025 • 60 Comments Unemployment claims are even with a year ago and are below two years ago.
Slowing Supply of Immigrant Labor & Slowing Job Growth Keep the Job Market “in Balance” and the Unemployment Rate Low, Push Up Wages. Powell Talked about It by Wolf Richter • Aug 1, 2025 • 138 Comments The Fed’s dual mandate is “stable prices and maximum employment, not so much growth” in employment, he said at the press conference.
About this Churn in the Job Market by Wolf Richter • Jul 29, 2025 • 26 Comments The epic red-hot turnover in the labor market in 2021 and 2022 that had reshuffled the entire work force is over.
Beneath the Surface of the Employment Report: How Jobs Evolved by Industry over Time, Winners & Losers by Wolf Richter • Jul 3, 2025 • 26 Comments The job creation machine is running at a decent pace, unemployment is historically low, but it’s not evenly spread across all industries.
Underlying Labor Market Dynamics Are Solid, Recession Stays on the Back Burner by Wolf Richter • Jul 1, 2025 • 34 Comments Companies don’t just suddenly drop everything to stew in their own juices.
That Drop in Consumer Income in May Was a False Recession Alarm by Wolf Richter • Jun 27, 2025 • 29 Comments Wages & salaries rose at a solid pace, but Social Security payments returned to trend after a spike in April due to policy changes.
Excluding Federal Government Jobs, Payrolls Grow by 161,000 in May, Wages Jump, Despite All Moaning and Groaning by Wolf Richter • Jun 6, 2025 • 34 Comments Federal government jobs fell by 22,000, to the lowest share of total payrolls since… whenever.
