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The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research is a nonpartisan, independent research organization, founded in 1945 to study policy-related employment issues and to implement workforce solutions. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. https://www.upjohn.org/

  1. “Credible statistics and agency independence go hand in hand,” Aaron Sojourner, a labor economist and senior researcher at the Upjohn Institute told CNN on Monday. “Attacking independence damages the credibility of the statistics.”

    We’ve all been there, in the middle of an objectively bad outcome, and had the same knee-jerk reaction: Blame someone else! Your team lost the big game? Ah, but the refs were clearly biased, and the c...

    Trump’s shoot-the-messenger tactic will only hurt the economy more | CNN Business

    We’ve all been there, in the middle of an objectively bad outcome, and had the same knee-jerk reaction: Blame someone else! Your team lost the big game? Ah, but the refs were clearly biased, and the c...

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  2. Over the last 25 years, both the South and West have increased their share of the total earnings power of all newly hired workers — at the expense of the Northeast and Midwest. The latest from the New Hires Quality Index #NHQI

    The Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index  leveled off at $22.13 between May and June. Hiring volume was also steady, but population-adjusted hiring rates are down 9.9 percent from their pre-COVID…

    Hiring is flat, with the West faring better than the South: New Hires Quality Index for August

    The Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index  leveled off at $22.13 between May and June. Hiring volume was also steady, but population-adjusted hiring rates are down 9.9 percent from their pre-COVID…

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  3. What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?

    Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...

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  4. In sum,

    1. Labor market remains remarkably strong and stable to now, tho some signs of weakening

    2. Employers frozen by uncertainty like deer in headlights, unwilling to hire or fire because they don't know what's coming at them. Market frozen in place, good if employed, tough if unemployed.

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