The Institute for Supply Management released its February 2010 Manufacturing Report On Business Monday. The report shows that manufacturing jobs grew for the third month in a row. Even more upbeat was the fact that the report indicates that job growth in the sector is now accelerating.
Furthermore, overall economic activity in the manufacturing [...]

Savvy telecom startup Wind is hiring Canadian talent while its rivals cower.
Telecom service provider Wind Mobile slipped into Canada’s wireless scene determined to gain every strategic advantage it could over the country’s telecommunications giants.
Last year — mostly through online social networking sites – Wind spread the word that it was hiring. Within a year, the [...]

Many of you have emailed us with the Organizing for America’s chart on job savings and creation since the stimulus bill was passed last year.
I’ve recreated their chart here:

We all know there is a long way to go and many Americans are still struggling to find jobs, but there is certainly cause for optimism depicted [...]

Dick Robertson – If I Ever Get A Job Again (1933)
If I ever get a job again,
I will never be a snob again;
I’ll live within my means,
Carry a dollar in my jeans,
If I ever get a job again.
If I ever get a break again,
Brother, what I’ll do to stake again!
No turning out the light,
Bidding my [...]

You may recall our optimistic prediction in November that the positive trending in the labor market pointed to net jobs growth by Christmas. Revised government numbers on Friday bolstered that assertion.
Further it is now clear that for job seekers in 2010, the economy will likely be their friend. With a 5.7% GDP growth in [...]

On Monday the Institute for Supply Management said that the U.S. factory-sector booked its best performance in more than five years in January. Hiring continued to recover and the rate of month-to-month growth was driven by a red-hot pace of new orders that is now accelerating higher each month.
The ISM report points to exceptional overall [...]

This preliminary study started with a blog post I did several months ago entitled “New Jersey, the Sorry State”, a deep dive into Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that my state is hardly generating employment outside the government sector.
The blame for this sorry state of affairs I heaped on NJ’s political culture, which is [...]

Global factory activity continues to accelerate. According to business managers worldwide, manufacturing vivification is now at the highest rate in nearly four years and new orders growth is now at a rate not seen in more that five and a half years.
The global PMI index is produced by JP Morgan with input from research and [...]

The Chicago ISM survey of area purchasers was released on Wednesday. The purchasers manager’s index (PMI) rose sharply, up nearly 4 points to 60.0. This Chicagoland index has now posted gains for three months straight — all at accelerating rates (60.0 Dec, 56.1 Nov, 54.2 Oct).
The new orders have also held to over 60 for [...]

For those of you who study macroeconomics and finance, here are some interesting articles on macroeconomic issues:
Menzie Chinn, The Employment Situation in the Graphs, Econobrowser, December 4, 2009 (link)
Menzie Chinn, Debt and Interest Rates; Some Empirical Evidence, November 23, 2009 (link)
Olivier Blanchard, Marianna Riggi, The Price of Oil and the Macroeconomy, Vox, December 7, 2009 [...]