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The March report, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, known as the Employment Situation ( link ), produced something of a shock. February’s ...

It’s been a while since I’ve posted these data—the last time for November 2015. Herewith an update. It covers all of 2016 as well as the fi...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the Employment Situation ( link ) showed a gain of 211,000 jobs over October 2015. Herewith the st...

Going back to 2011, I’ve posted notes on Black Friday on LaMarotte , the last such being in 2013. The marketing efforts of an almost hyster...

The October report on the Employment Situation arrived from the Bureau of Labor Statistics yesterday ( link ) and was, you might say, well ...

This most recent report on the Employment Situation, for September 2015, clearly surprised the business media and the financial sector. Thes...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes employment changes on the first Friday of each month ( link )—for the previous month. Employment i...

The first Friday of the month brings us the Employment Situation courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics ( link ). In summary, the econo...

This post originally appeared, in 2008, on an earlier version of LaMarotte . It is reprinted here without changes. *     *     * The G...

Back in 2011 I presented here graphics on Household Income (Average and Median) and on Income Inequality (as measured by the Gini Index). H...

At this time of the year, labor force numbers are presented, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in fully revised form—with the revisions re...

The other day I bought some picture frames as part of an on-going picture-hanging exercise caused by a move that, while it seems to have ...

Herewith something I'd published on Ghulf Genes yesterday. It fits this blog too... The sophisticated sector of our society, e.g., t...