Merrill over Matter

A few months ago I highlighted how looking at the employment data on a year over year basis provides a different perspective on the numbers...

The weekly initial claims for unemployment data was released today and it is getting close to being a concern of mine. Year over year ch...

The monthly employment report can be a high volatility day for the markets.  The ADP report  (BusinessInsider.com)  came in above expectatio...

The monthly employment report was released today and while the economy continues to add jobs the report did not meet expectations .  (As of ...

In my last post I promised to look at how employment data is being revised over time. On Friday the latest employment data was released and ...

The recent employment report has been a great point of contention between the bulls, bears, and the black helicopter crowd. I won't reha...

Temporary worker employment has finally turned positive on a year over year basis.  Unfortunately this could be a head fake due to the curre...

I know I know, I'm a bit late in producing this but I've been busy the last few weeks and the usual charts and graphs data feed has ...

Temporary workers are the first to be fired and hired by companies as they attempt to balance demands and costs.  As you can see temporary w...