New unemployment insurance claims up 6% from a shocking low level to a low level in week ending May 9. Low-hire, low-fire continues. #NumbersDay

Adjusted for consumer price inflation, average hourly earnings fell 0.5% over the month and 0.3% over the year to April. Driven by combination of both accelerating consumer price inflation and decelerating wage growth. #NumbersDay www.bls.gov/news.release...

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New unemployment insurance claims fall 12% to very low 189k in week ending April 25. Low fire side of employers' deer-in-the-headlights, low hire, low fire stance continues. #NumbersDay

New unemployment insurance claims edge up 2% to modest 216K in week ending 3/21. Continuing claims edge down. The low-fire side of the low-hire, low-fire, deer-in-the-headlights labor market continues. #NumbersDay

New unemployment insurance claims edge down 8,000 (4%) in week ending (WE) 3/14 to low 205,000. Continuing claims steady. Low fire side of the low-hire, low-fire, deer-in-the-headlights labor market continues. #NumbersDay

How did U.S. metro areas' exports change from 2024 to 2025? #NumbersDay www.census.gov/foreign-trad...

New unemployment insurance claims stable and moderate in week ending Mar 7. #NumbersDay

From February 2025 to February 2026, real average hourly earnings increased 1.4 percent, seasonally adjusted. #NumbersDay www.bls.gov/news.release...

Real Earnings Summary - 2026...

New unemployment claims exactly flat in week ending (WE) 2/28 versus prior at modest 213K. No news is good news. #NumbersDay