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What Does the “Misery Index” Say About Election Results?
I am not a political analyst and this is not a political blog. The polemics of political discourse are as tedious to me as the graphs I use with two Y axes are no doubt tedious to politicos. If you...
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Don’t Just Honor Them, Hire Them!
Today we honor veterans, at least that’s the idea if we can find the time between trips to the mall. I hope you read about or listen to their stories today. If you happen to come by this blog, on...
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Equity in Unemployment
I started this analysis wondering if the percentage of jobs in professional, technical, and scientific industries in NH that are held by females is greater among younger workers in the industry than...
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Help Wanted Ads Drop, Labor Supply-Demand Ratio Rises
Online help-wanted ads in New Hampshire declined again in November according to the Conference-Board, although the number of ads remains substantially higher than it was in November of 2011. All...
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What the Unemployment Rate Doesn’t Tell Policymakers Can Hurt Us
Last week the NH Labor Market Information Bureau released the NH jobs report for May and as usual all of the attention focused on NH’s low (2.7 percent) unemployment rate. The more significant story...
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More Workers are Quitting Their Jobs and Getting Better Pay
U.S. job growth remains strong while real wage growth remains tepid despite a 3.9 percent unemployment rate nationally, but things may be changing. It is unlikely that companies can hold the line on...
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