Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 11/08/2019

National Data | Americans Gain Jobs in October; Immigrants Leaving in Record Numbers! Is Trump Quietly (!) Doing Something Right (!!)?

The big news in the October jobs data: The immigrant workforce population in the U.S. continues to fall—continuing the trend last seen in early 2017, when the late lamented “Trump Effect” was literally...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 10/10/2019

National Data | September Jobs: Displacement Stalls—And Foreign-Born Workforce FALLS, At Rate Not Seen Since Great Recession.

The big news in the September jobs data: The foreign-born workforce population in the U.S. has actually fallen—for the first time since 2017, when the late lamented “Trump Effect” was literally scaring...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 09/13/2019

National Data | August Jobs: Displacement Reappears, But There’s Still Good News For American Workers

Is the Great American Job Machine running out of gas? The U.S. added 130,000 new payroll jobs last month, down from an average 173,000 over the past 12 months. Wall Street had been expecting a gain of ...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 08/08/2019

National Data | July Jobs: Weird Good News—Immigrant Displacement Of American Workers Has Apparently Reversed

The U.S. added 164,000 new jobs last month, in line with expectations, albeit well below the (revised) 201,000 figure for June. The “other” employment survey, of Households rather than businesses, was ...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 07/07/2019

National Data | June Jobs: An OK Month For American Worker Displacement—But With Immigrants Pouring In, How Long Can It Last?

The U.S. added 224,000 new jobs last month, rebounding from a recent lull and calming worries about the health of an economy now entering a record 11th year of expansion. The increase in new payroll jo...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 06/26/2019

National Data | An OK Month for American Worker Displacement, A Great Year For Immigrants—And Illegal Border Crossings at 7-Year High

The May employment report confirmed what many analysts had suspected: job growth is decelerating. Employers added 75,000 jobs last month, well below the 175,000 Wall Street consensus, which was itself ...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 05/07/2019

National Data | Trump’s Worst Failure?—April Jobs Show Record Immigrant Displacement Of American Workers, Continuing Disastrous Multi-Year Trend

Funny thing, media commentary on employment almost never includes the immigration dimension—even now, when Democrats are desperate to downplay the strength of this cyclical recovery. Result: there’s ab...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 04/10/2019

National Data | March Jobs—Immigrant Displacement Of American Workers Still Not Reversed; Wage Growth Still Below Fed Target

Job watchers held their breath when the March numbers were released at 8:30 AM last Friday. After an unexpectedly weak February—just 20,000 new jobs were initially reported—fears surfaced that the hist...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 03/11/2019

National Data | February Job Growth Poor, Immigrants Grab Most—And Wage Growth Still Weak. NOT Time To Increase Immigration, President Trump!

See, earlier: Not Looking Good—Trump Attacks Coulter, Congressional GOP Cucking On Immigration Clunk. Clunk. You heard it right. This is the sound made by the February jobs report—almost a crash landin...
Article By Edwin S. Rubenstein on 02/04/2019

National Data | Strong Economy Masking Continuing Immigrant Displacement Of American Workers

January’s job report was widely acclaimed by the MSM. And why not? The economy added 304,000 jobs, despite headwinds from a government shutdown that halted wages  for roughly 800,000 federal workers an...