Health care accounted for 121% of job growth over the past 12 months, as other sectors were net job losers.
Jobs lost at small businesses totaled 120,000 last month. What does that portend for larger companies?
With immigration at net-zero, the American economy is adding jobs at a much slower pace.
With an aging population and declining birth rate, immigrants have helped fill necessary voids in the labor supply.
The Federal Reserve has wanted cooling inflation coupled with steady employment. It’s gotten that.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the most growth in health care and technology occupations over the next 10 years. But the projections aren’t iron-clad.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reduced its initial count of new jobs between March 2023 and March 2024 by more than 800,000.
November job openings also trended down but were still above pre-pandemic levels.
Experts are predicting a slight decrease in wage growth, a drop that get us closer to pre-pandemic rates.
States that weren’t hit as hard by the pandemic slowdown have already mostly recovered.
