Showing posts with label ISM Non-Manufacturing Index. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ISM Non-Manufacturing Index. Show all posts

Monday, June 6, 2016

UNEMPLOYMENT, MAY 2016

Unemployment keeps falling no matter which metric you use (see figure).*

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In a separate report, the Institute for Supply Management says its services index fell to 52.9 last month from April's 55.7. It was the lowest reading since February 2014. Anything above 50 signals growth.**
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You will want to read the full articles cited.

* http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/03/charts-whats-the-real-unemployment-rate.html
** http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/03/may-ism-non-manufacturing-and-april-factory-orders-released.html