| In the week ending August 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 270,000, an increase of 3,000
from the previous week's unrevised level of 267,000. The 4-week moving average was 268,250, a decrease of 6,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 274,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending July 25, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending July 25 was 2,255,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending July 18 were in Puerto Rico (3.9), New Jersey (3.0), Connecticut (2.7), Pennsylvania (2.7), Alaska (2.4), California (2.4), Nevada (2.3), Rhode Island (2.3), Illinois (2.2), and the Virgin Islands (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending July 25 were in Kansas (+481), West Virginia (+87), Mississippi (+59), Vermont (+55), and New Jersey (+20), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-4,003), California (-3,862), Georgia (-2,690), New York (-2,480), and Pennsylvania (-1,925). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
06 August 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 01 August 2015
05 August 2015
• U.S. Help-Wanted Advertising — July 2015
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“Online advertised vacancies rose 83,700 to 5,384,400 in July, according to The
Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series, released today. The June Supply/Demand rate stands at
1.57 unemployed for each advertised vacancy with a total of 3.0 million more unemployed workers than the number of
advertised vacancies. The number of unemployed was 8.3 million in June.
“’Demand has flattened over the past five months, with alternating monthly increases followed by decreases,’ said Gad Levanon, Managing Director, Macroeconomic and Labor Market Research. ‘Overall, 2015 has shown moderate gains averaging about 38,000 per month, largely due to the very strong January and February increases….’” Please visit this link to read the full report: TheConferenceBoard NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC |
• U.S. Balance of Trade in Goods & Services — June 2015
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The goods and services deficit was $43.8 billion in June, up
$2.9 billion from $40.9 billion in May, revised. June exports were $188.6 billion, $0.1 billion
less than May exports. June imports were $232.4 billion, $2.8 billion more than May imports.
The June increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $2.9 billion to $63.5 billion and a decrease in the services surplus of less than $0.1 billion to $19.7 billion. Year-to-date, the goods and services deficit increased $1.6 billion, or 0.6 percent, from the same period in 2014. Exports decreased $33.4 billion or 2.9 percent. Imports decreased $31.8 billion or 2.2 percent. Please visit this link to read the full report: USDOC-BEA NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC |
04 August 2015
• U.S. Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders — June 2015
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New orders for manufactured goods in June, up
following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased
$8.7 billion or 1.8 percent to $478.5 billion. This followed a 1.1
percent May decrease.
Shipments, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $2.2 billion or 0.5 percent to $483.5 billion. This followed a 0.2 percent May decrease. Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in June, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased less than $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $1,194.7 billion, down from the previously published 0.1 percent increase. This followed a 0.5 percent May decrease. Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, up twenty-four of the last twenty-five months, increased $2.6 billion or 0.6 percent to $403.0 billion, up from the previously published 0.4 percent increase. This was at the highest level since...1992 and followed a 0.2 percent May decrease. Please visit this link to read the full report: USDOCCensus NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC |
• U.S. Auto Sales — July 2015
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“Luxury vehicles like Audis and Volvos drove off dealer lots at a furious pace in July and, combined with sizzling demand for SUVs, helped the auto industry roll on toward its best annual sales since before the recession. July sales rose 5 percent to more than 1.5 million….”
Please visit this link to read the full report: Rep-Am Also visit this link for more data on types and makes of cars sold in July...comparisons to 2014, etc. : Barron’s NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC |
• U.S. Employee Compensation/Pay Budget Survey Slideshow— 2015 - 2016
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“How did pay rates increase in 2015? What will they be in 2016?
”BLR's new slideshow provides an overview of the pay increases employers gave out…full results of the 2015-2016 Pay Budget Survey....” Please visit this link to read the full report: BLR-HR NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC |
03 August 2015
• U.S. Personal Income, Expenditures, & Compensation — June 2015
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Personal income increased $68.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $60.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, in June.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $25.9 billion, or 0.2 percent. Prior Month: In May, personal income increased $66.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $53.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, and PCE increased $90.8 billion, or 0.7 percent, based on revised estimates. Real [Inflation-adjusted] Data: Real DPI increased 0.2 percent in June, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent in May. Real PCE decreased less than 0.1 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.4 percent. Compensation: Wages and salaries increased $18.3 billion in June, compared with an increase of $32.0 billion in May. Private wages and salaries increased $16.0 billion in June, compared with an increase of $29.6 billion in May. Government wages and salaries increased $2.3 billion, compared with an increase of $2.4 billion. Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.4 billion in June, compared with an increase of $5.6 billion in May. Please visit this link to read the full report: USDOC-BEA NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC |