Author Archives: John Rutledge

(January 31, 2008) – The Q4/07 Employment Cost Index, released today, shows that total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent, seasonally adjusted, in Q4/07. Over the year, compensation costs rose 3.3 percent. As you can see in the … Continue reading →

(January 31, 2007) – ADP’s January National Employment Report, released yesterday, showed +130,000 jobs in January, suggesting that tomorrow’s payroll jobs number from the Labor Department may be a lot bigger than current street estimate of less than 60,000 new … Continue reading →