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U.S. Births decreased in 2023

Calculated Risk

The NCHS reports: The provisional number of births for the United States in 2023 was 3,591,328, down 2% from 2022. Births peaked in 2007 and have generally declined since then. From the National Center for Health Statistics: Births: Provisional Data for 2023. The general fertility rate was 54.4 The total fertility rate was 1,616.5

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Comments on March Employment Report

Calculated Risk

The headline jobs number in the March employment report was above expectations; and January and February payrolls were revised up by 22,000 combined. Part Time for Economic Reasons From the BLS report : " The number of people employed part time for economic reasons, at 4.3 million, changed little in March. million from 4.36

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Stop Worrying About All Those Tech Layoffs…

The Big Picture

Unemployment is low, job openings are still high, and what looks salaries are still rising. ~~~ I have a very vivid recollection of massive firings during the 2007-09 financial crisis. I wanted to drop a quick note about the endless spate of layoff announcements — and why you should (mostly) ignore them.

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National Association of Realtors Is Imploding

The Big Picture

By my crude estimates, a substantial number of U.S. November 3, 2006) Tracking NAR Spin (April 23rd, 2008) Realtors Get Real (March 2007) Pending Home Sales Index, NAR Housing Market “Bottoms” (January 2008) How Counter-Productive is Realtor Association Spin? real estate agents and brokers will drop out of NAR membership.

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Forget the iPhone: BlackBerry is still the one to beat

The Big Picture

Don’t get me wrong, Apple is sure to gain smartphone share quickly, and its iPhone is so new that it didn’t even register in the spring numbers. – Fortune, August 24, 2007 The post Forget the iPhone: BlackBerry is still the one to beat appeared first on The Big Picture.

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Comments on September Employment Report

Calculated Risk

The headline jobs number in the September employment report was well above expectations, and employment for the previous two months was revised up by 119,000, combined. Part Time for Economic Reasons From the BLS report : " The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 4.1 million, changed little in September.

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Comments on December Employment Report

Calculated Risk

The headline jobs number in the December employment report was above expectations, however employment for the previous two months was revised down by 71,000, combined. Part Time for Economic Reasons From the BLS report : " The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 4.2 million from 3.99 million in November.

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