Tag Archives: FRED

Skynet is not coming for our jobs

THE post-2008 economic recovery has been anemic by most measures, with job growth in particular making weak gains.  However, job growth in the U.S. has slowly declined over the past three decades, specifically since 2000 (the last year annual job growth in the U.S. hit 2%). Among the myriad of explanations for why job growth […]

Maine Jobs Report, Personal Income Data, and Coincident Index: Cautious Optimism

LAST week, the jobs data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that Maine’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.7%, but that the economy 4,900 jobs.  While these numbers indicate steady growth, there are reasons the data should call for cautious optimism. First, the 4,900 jobs were the single biggest month-over-month increase during the […]