The one big economic report that’s coming out today: Initial jobless claims. Consensus is for a reading of 365K, which is basically flat from last month. Generally this number has been steadily trending down, although it’s been...

This post is excerpted from the permanent Employment Charts page, which includes numerous additional charts and analysis on key employment metrics. The Labor Department reported that the seasonally adjusted (SA) representation of first time claims for unemployment...

How much of an effect do high gasoline prices have upon the rate of layoffs in the U.S. economy? Today, following the initial confirmation of our hypothesis that they do have a significant effect as measured by the number...