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Employment Structural Change

Big Red Car — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 12:28:11 +0000

Big Red Car here on a Saturday morning getting ready to go out for blueberry pancakes at the Counter Cafe. I have always been interested in delving beneath the covers of employment in the United States. The average person focuses on BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) U-3 – the widely reported level of unemployment which […]

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Employment

Big Red Car — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:24:45 +0000

Employment, Big Red Car – what about employment? Dear reader, US employment and unemployment are both headed in the right direction, but there is a concern we need to discuss. We need to discuss the Labor Force Participation Rate. Do you know what that means? The LFPR is the percentage of folks aged 16-64 (the […]

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Let’s Cut the Crap — Labor Force Participation Rate

Big Red Car — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:21:17 +0000

Big Red Car here on a wonderful Friday in the ATX, y’all. It is going to be a nice warm, sunny day. Only a few days until Longhorn football. Going to be playing the Fighting Irish under the eyes of Touchdown Jesus in South Bend. “So, Big Red Car, what is up with the labor […]

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Let’s Cut the Crap — Unemployment

Big Red Car — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:33:24 +0000

Big Red Car here on a glorious ATX day — sun is up and bright and going to be 75F today. No snow in the forecast. Hahaha — get it, New York? [The Big Red Car can be downright cruel at times. Shut up, Big Red Car.] So, the Big Red Car is perplexed at […]

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Labor Force Participation Rate at 38-year LOW

Big Red Car — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 02:47:31 +0000

Big Red Car here. Well The Boss got the garage cleaned out, so now your Big Red Car can sleep in security inside the garage. But, wait, the Lexus SUV (a pampered bitch if ever there was one) is going to be getting first dibs on the new sleeping quarters. Life is not fair! But, […]

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Jobs, It’s Still All About Jobs

Big Red Car — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:30:46 +0000

Big Red Car here. Still smarting from the weak jobs report on Friday. Seems like we cannot even tell ourselves the truth particularly when it is unpleasant and not what we want to hear. Some “cut the crap” straight talk from the Big Red Car. A Big Miss In the prediction of new jobs business […]

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