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Every month, the BLS reports the jobs report. The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics employment situation report (EMPSIT) is the single most important publicly available information about the US economy. It is the best resource for understanding the US economy. But you have to look across some of the details to get a good view … Read more
Every month, the BLS reports the facts on employment in the US. The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics employment situation report (EMPSIT) is the single most important publicly available information on the US economy. The report is commonly called “the jobs report.” The second most important report is corporate profits. (quarterly). The Employment report is … Read more
How did we do it ? Do for self. chris lee Jul 24, 2026 One of the things we have learned is “Don’t pay someone to do stuff you can do yourself.” Do it for yourself. Creating a new business card is a great example of opportunity profit. So is doing your own plumbing or … Read more
So we have a new winner in the Best Black economics book contest and it’s not a book. It is a wide ranging study of the Black economic condition with solid recommendation is a large number of areas. The report is long, 624-pages, and comprehensive. It is meant to be sampled and read in chunks, … Read more
We are trying something new. We have built a shared workspace on google drive with our current collection of construction articles and data. We are trying several different links. Black Economics Construction Articles Here is the raw link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Gaeo755fQimG8vcwbcQeqYbNIS1nnp9Q?usp=sharing Let us know if they work. Thanks Chris
Everywhere we see a discussion of affordability. Homes are at record prices. Rents continue to rise. Grocery prices are high. And gas peaked at $4.50 a gallon. The affordably crisis is a result of worker incomes not keeping up with prices. There would be no affordability issues if wages and worker incomes had kept up … Read more