The Bureau of Labor Statistics won’t be releasing its jobs report for June until July 6th, and we won’t be releasing LinkUp’s forecast until the 3rd or the 4th, but in advance of those reports next week, I thought I’d provide an encouraging data point for the job market. The chart below graphs the number [...]
Despite the turmoil in the markets, fueled in part by the prospect of a double-dip recession and continued weakness in the jobs market (yesterday’s small increase in initial unemployment claims didn’t help), there continue to be some positive signs in LinkUp’s jobs data. First, based on the increase in both new and total job listings [...]