Cheering for a positive jobs report from the Department of Labor these days is quite similar to cheering for the Minnesota Vikings of late; I’m always hopeful but there just isn’t much in the statistics to get too encouraged about. And unfortunately, the November jobs data published by LinkUp a month ago doesn’t bode well [...]
LinkUp’s April jobs report was way out of step from the consensus estimates, and contrasted sharply with data and forecasts released by The Conference Board, ADP, Intuit, and Wanted Technologies, among others. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) numbers for April released in early May were even more positive than anyone predicted, with [...]