Economy
The Workforce Metric Wall Street Is Suddenly Obsessed With
Every month on the first Friday, a certain kind of dread descends upon trading desks. The jobs report arrives at that time, but recently it has been arriving…
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Economy
Why Mexico’s Remittance Data Is Becoming a Surprising Labor Market Indicator
A woman named Lupita operates a small office in Morelia, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, where a remittance pickup counter is nestled between a pharmacy and a…
Workforce
United States Labor Force Statistics Reveal a Workforce Quietly Losing Momentum
The most recent labor force statistics for the United States present a picture that is more difficult to understand than it first appears. Everything sounds good on paper.…
Economy
The Productivity Number That Has Silicon Valley Worried About AI’s Real Payoff
This year, there's a figure that's being discussed in boardrooms and during earnings calls that no one really wants to say aloud. Approximately 90% of businesses actively utilizing…
Finance
What Oxford Researchers Found When They Tracked a Decade of Remote Work Data
The argument for remote work seemed almost idealistic for many years. With a laptop and a good internet connection, anyone, anywhere, could compete for the same jobs as…
Finance
What South Africa’s Unemployment Data Reveals About a Generation Locked Out of Work
Sometimes a set of numbers has actual weight, but otherwise they can be cold things. One such instance is the most recent labor force statistics from South Africa.…
Finance
Texas Workforce ReliaCard: What Every Unemployment Claimant Needs to Know in 2026
This time of year, a specific type of envelope appears in Texas mailboxes. It's all white, with a small window carved into the front, and it doesn't say…
Explainers
WIC Governance Workforce Council: The Business-Led Board Quietly Running DC’s Job Training System
A board convenes on the third floor of a government building off Shannon Place in Southeast Washington to determine which career pathways receive funding, which job training providers…
News
What Is the Workforce Information Council—And Why Should Workers Actually Care?
The Workforce Information Council is a type of federal agency that is virtually unknown outside of state labor offices. It sounds like the kind of bureaucratic footnote you…
Explainers
The Benefits Consortium Reports: A Decade of Data Behind Every State’s Benefits Survey
When you ask a workforce board analyst why employer-benefits data is important, their response is typically practical rather than theoretical. Companies determining compensation packages must be aware of…
