October 2021

Personal Income Increased $35.5 Billion…

Personal income increased $35.5 billion (0.2%) in August according to estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (tables 3 and 5). Disposable personal income (DPI) incre...

Unemployment Claims Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels

According to the Society for Human Resource Management, states reported that 281,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 23, the lowest level du...

Euro Zone Inflation rises to…

Euro zone inflation hit a new 13-year high in October based on surging energy costs. Euro zone inflation on Oct. 29, 2021 came in at 4.1% for this month, according to preliminary d...

Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination to…

In January 2022, foreign nationals crossing over land into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico for work or business will be required to be fully vaccinated. The new rules from the Depa...

FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index for…

FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for August, as reported in the October Shippers Update, continued to gradually improve to the best reading since September 2020 at -6.8, s...

GDP Slows to 2 Percent…

The U.S. economy grew at a 2% rate in the third quarter, its slowest gain of the pandemic-era recovery, as supply chain issues and a marked deceleration in consumer spending stunte...

OSHA Challenges Several States on…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) might take over workplace safety enforcement in three states the agency said failed to adopt adequate COVID-19 standards fo...

Median Weekly Earnings Were $916…

Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 115.3 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,001 in the third quarter of 2021. Women had median weekly earnings of $916, or ...

International Trade Deficit $87.6 Billion…

The U.S. Census Bureau announced the following international trade, wholesale inventories, and retail inventories advance statistics for August 2021: Advance International Trade in...

Month: October 29, 2021