QCEW and Measures of Nonfarm Payroll Employment
Original Report
QCEW covered employment data through end-2025 is out. Figure 1: Nonfarm payroll employment from BLS CES (bold black), Bloomberg consensus of 6/2 (gray square), QCEW seasonally adjusted by author...
QCEW covered employment data through end-2025 is out. Figure 1: Nonfarm payroll employment from BLS CES (bold black), Bloomberg consensus of 6/2 (gray square), QCEW seasonally adjusted by author using X-13 (blue), using multiplicative moving average (brown), BLS CPS series adjusted to NFP concept (green), all in 000’s. Source: BLS via FRED, BLS, and author’s […]
Glass House Analysis
Labor market conditions shape the lived experience of millions of working families. When jobs are plentiful, workers have leverage to demand better wages and conditions; when they're scarce, the balance of power shifts to employers. This dynamic plays out daily in kitchen tables across America, where families make decisions about whether to ask for a raise, change jobs, or accept less-than-ideal conditions out of necessity.
The implications extend beyond the immediate news cycle. Every economic development creates ripples that affect employment, prices, and opportunities in ways that may not be immediately visible but are deeply felt. By tracking these connections, we can better understand how the economy truly works—not as an abstract machine, but as a human system shaped by and shaping the lives of millions.
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